Tag: Drug Menace

In view of the serious dimension the drug menace has assumed in Odisha, there has to be adequate strategy to control the problem. Government needs to address urgently issues like adequate staffing, training, adequate equipment and inter-agency coordination challenges.

Chandigarh: Reiterating his demand for a national drugs policy to check the drug menace, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention, an official said on Sunday. Urging him to advise the Ministries of Home, Social Justice and Empowerment and Health and Family Welfare to address the issue with more seriousness, […]

Rourkela: Steel City Rourkela, considered as one of the premier educational and business hub in Odisha is now staring at a serious scenario of drug abuse prevailing among youths especially school and college students. Boasting of educational institutes of national repute like the NIT, Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) and renowned PSU like the […]

Bhubaneswar: The desperation to arrange money to support their daily need of drugs had allegedly driven four ‘addicts’ to launch a murderous attack on a class 9 student at Bharatpur near Khandagiri area in Bhubaneswar on September 2. The 13-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment on September 8. Following the interrogation of […]