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Drug Use Among Meghalaya's Youth Starts As Early As 10: Study
The study found the mean age of drug initiation to be 19 years, with over one-third of respondents starting as minors and a quarter while still in school.
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"Rehabilitate, Make Them Constructive Citizens": Top Court On Drug Addicts
The Supreme Court expressed concern over the illicit drug trade and substance abuse and said there was a need to rehabilitate the youngsters affected instead of demonising them.
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Pak-Run Drug Nexus In Jammu And Kashmir Busted With Schoolgirl's Arrest: Cops
Class 10 student who lives in a village ahead of the LoC fence in Mendhar sector of Poonch caught with 400 grams of "suspected heroin"
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Must Work Together To Implement Scheme To Curb Drug Abuse: Delhi Minister
Delhi Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam today said various stakeholders need to work together to implement the city government's 'Suryodaya Scheme' to tackle drug abuse.
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19-Year-Old Dies After Inhaling Deodorant To Get High
The medics warned that young people with a history of drug abuse were at particularly high risk of harming themselves in this way because many common household items can be used.
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Explain Steps Taken To Curb Drug Abuse Among Children, Court Asks Centre
The issue of growing menace of drug abuse among children has come up again before the Supreme Court which asked the Centre to apprise it of steps taken to comply with its 2016 verdict that had directed measures including formulation of a national action plan to combat it.
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Kailash Satyarthi Hails Supreme Court Direction To Combat Drug Abuse Among Children
New Delhi: Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s directions to the Central government on drug abuse among children, calling it a “landmark judgment”. “Trafficking and drug abuse, inherently linked to each other, are the most prevalent forms of organised crime in the world that violate the fundame...
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Make National Plan To Protect Children From Drugs: Top Court To Centre
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to complete a national survey and generate a database within six months about the drug abuse by children saying "protecting children from the widespread prevalence of substance abuse is one of the biggest policy challenges facing India". The apex court also directed the Union Government to formulate a com...
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Supreme Court Asks Centre To Curb Rising Drug, Alcohol Abuse In Children
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to put in place within six months a national action plan to curb the rising drugs and alcohol abuse cases among school children, observing they are encouraged to become "drug peddlers once they get addicted".
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Bangalore: Alarming rise in substance abuse among kids
Bangalore drugs, substance abuse, Substance abuse among children, Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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Drug Use Among Meghalaya's Youth Starts As Early As 10: Study
The study found the mean age of drug initiation to be 19 years, with over one-third of respondents starting as minors and a quarter while still in school.
-
"Rehabilitate, Make Them Constructive Citizens": Top Court On Drug Addicts
The Supreme Court expressed concern over the illicit drug trade and substance abuse and said there was a need to rehabilitate the youngsters affected instead of demonising them.
-
Pak-Run Drug Nexus In Jammu And Kashmir Busted With Schoolgirl's Arrest: Cops
Class 10 student who lives in a village ahead of the LoC fence in Mendhar sector of Poonch caught with 400 grams of "suspected heroin"
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Must Work Together To Implement Scheme To Curb Drug Abuse: Delhi Minister
Delhi Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam today said various stakeholders need to work together to implement the city government's 'Suryodaya Scheme' to tackle drug abuse.
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19-Year-Old Dies After Inhaling Deodorant To Get High
The medics warned that young people with a history of drug abuse were at particularly high risk of harming themselves in this way because many common household items can be used.
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Explain Steps Taken To Curb Drug Abuse Among Children, Court Asks Centre
The issue of growing menace of drug abuse among children has come up again before the Supreme Court which asked the Centre to apprise it of steps taken to comply with its 2016 verdict that had directed measures including formulation of a national action plan to combat it.
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Kailash Satyarthi Hails Supreme Court Direction To Combat Drug Abuse Among Children
New Delhi: Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s directions to the Central government on drug abuse among children, calling it a “landmark judgment”. “Trafficking and drug abuse, inherently linked to each other, are the most prevalent forms of organised crime in the world that violate the fundame...
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Make National Plan To Protect Children From Drugs: Top Court To Centre
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to complete a national survey and generate a database within six months about the drug abuse by children saying "protecting children from the widespread prevalence of substance abuse is one of the biggest policy challenges facing India". The apex court also directed the Union Government to formulate a com...
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Supreme Court Asks Centre To Curb Rising Drug, Alcohol Abuse In Children
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to put in place within six months a national action plan to curb the rising drugs and alcohol abuse cases among school children, observing they are encouraged to become "drug peddlers once they get addicted".
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Bangalore: Alarming rise in substance abuse among kids
Bangalore drugs, substance abuse, Substance abuse among children, Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights
