Kerala fights drug menace amongst faculty kids
By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Few months in the past, a stunning video surfaced on social media wherein a younger lady was seen screaming loudly beneath the affect of medication after being caught by police from a lodge in a central Kerala city throughout a raid.
The investigation into the incident later revealed that the girl, as soon as a brilliant scholar, was lured into the lure of medication by the lethal mafia and was getting used as a provider to run their profitable enterprise.
It was considered one of such a number of incidents that shook the collective consciousness of Kerala society, prompting the federal government to crack down on these engaged within the soiled enterprise within the southern state.
A brand new survey carried out by Kerala police amongst youths beneath 21 years of age, who had been victims of substance abuse, has revealed one other stunning incontrovertible fact that 40 p.c of them had been kids beneath the age of 18.
What is extra scary is that majority of them had been woman kids and after falling prey to the drug cartels, they had been getting used as carriers.
“In earlier days, substance abuse cases were reported more in colleges, now more cases are reported in schools and girl children are becoming victims of substance abuse,” says ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar.
Kumar, who can be the state nodal officer for the anti-drug marketing campaign of the state police known as ‘Yoddhav’, stated ladies carriers are getting used to lure woman kids into the lure.
They first befriend the college going women after which slowly introduce them to the damaging world of substance abuse, Kumar advised PTI.
The senior police officer stated the small roadside eateries known as ‘thattukadas’ and petty outlets within the colleges’ neighborhood are energetic sellers of the contraband to college students.
“Women drug carriers are getting used to attract woman college students into the community.
Many occasions boys are additionally getting used to lure their woman mates into the drug lure”, he stated.
To eradicate the drug menace from the premises of the faculties, the police had carried out 18,301 raids in small eateries and petty outlets close to colleges within the state and registered 401 instances.
They have additionally arrested 462 accused, whereas seizing 20.97 kg of ganja, 186.38 grams of MDMA and 1122.1 grams of cannabis.
When some colleges tighten up their surveillance and stop the entry of medication, the carriers goal tuition centres to attract kids, the police officer stated.
Counsellors hooked up to Child Protection Units say they’ve come throughout drug packets on the desks, benches and inside faculty baggage throughout their go to to some colleges for counselling victims of drug abuse.
“The prevalence of substance abuse is very high among school children. When we counsel them, they admit to have used these substances but never reveal the source from which they got the drug,” Anju Dias, a counselor hooked up to the Thiruvananthapuram District Child Protection Unit, advised PTI.
In women aged 13 and above, sexual abuse is usually linked to substance abuse.
“Boyfriends introduce them to drugs and sexually exploit them. The girls tend to fall back again to get the drug again,” Dias added.
Psychologist Aswanthya S Okay of District Child Protection Unit, who extensively works amongst each intercourse abuse and substance abuse victims, says household and academics play an important position in prevention.
“Most of the time, the teachers and parents are too much into academics and fail to notice whether the child is having any deviance. Only when the child gets into trouble, the teachers and parents realize that the kind of teaching or parenting they have been giving is not appropriate for the particular child,” Avanthya stated.
She says the dad and mom ought to preserve an in depth relationship with their kids, observe them carefully and may examine their belongings, together with baggage completely commonly.
“Most of these substances are psycho-active drugs. It can affect and alter the brain chemistry of the child. That really makes the child abnormal and on a later stage, hallucinations start to set in. Children will then have abnormal and strained relationships,” she added.
Police stated Kerala is now dealing with a state of affairs that the Punjab had unsuccessfully fought for the previous a number of years.
But the state authorities has resolved to battle the menace extra vigorously, launching an enormous anti-drug marketing campaign by coordinating numerous departments together with police and excise departments.
As a end result there’s a fivefold improve within the variety of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) instances registered within the state and within the variety of individuals arrested.
The police have recognized 1377 black spots, that are the nerve centre of drug trafficking actions beneath the jurisdiction of 472 police stations within the state.
In 2022, the Kerala police registered 25,240 NDPS instances and arrested 29,514 accused in comparison with the 5334 instances registered in 2021 and 6704 accused arrested in 2021, reveals a doc.
“There is a huge jump in seizure of synthetic drugs like MDMA in 2022. Compared to the 2.739 kg MDMA seizure in 2021, police managed to seize 14.032 kg MDMA during 2022. In 2022, 1.223 kg of brown sugar and 35.942 kg of hashish or hashish oil were also seized”, it says.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Few months in the past, a stunning video surfaced on social media wherein a younger lady was seen screaming loudly beneath the affect of medication after being caught by police from a lodge in a central Kerala city throughout a raid.
The investigation into the incident later revealed that the girl, as soon as a brilliant scholar, was lured into the lure of medication by the lethal mafia and was getting used as a provider to run their profitable enterprise.
It was considered one of such a number of incidents that shook the collective consciousness of Kerala society, prompting the federal government to crack down on these engaged within the soiled enterprise within the southern state.
A brand new survey carried out by Kerala police amongst youths beneath 21 years of age, who had been victims of substance abuse, has revealed one other stunning incontrovertible fact that 40 p.c of them had been kids beneath the age of 18.
What is extra scary is that majority of them had been woman kids and after falling prey to the drug cartels, they had been getting used as carriers.
“In earlier days, substance abuse cases were reported more in colleges, now more cases are reported in schools and girl children are becoming victims of substance abuse,” says ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar.
Kumar, who can be the state nodal officer for the anti-drug marketing campaign of the state police known as ‘Yoddhav’, stated ladies carriers are getting used to lure woman kids into the lure.
They first befriend the college going women after which slowly introduce them to the damaging world of substance abuse, Kumar advised PTI.
The senior police officer stated the small roadside eateries known as ‘thattukadas’ and petty outlets within the colleges’ neighborhood are energetic sellers of the contraband to college students.
“Women drug carriers are getting used to attract woman college students into the community.
Many occasions boys are additionally getting used to lure their woman mates into the drug lure”, he stated.
To eradicate the drug menace from the premises of the faculties, the police had carried out 18,301 raids in small eateries and petty outlets close to colleges within the state and registered 401 instances.
They have additionally arrested 462 accused, whereas seizing 20.97 kg of ganja, 186.38 grams of MDMA and 1122.1 grams of cannabis.
When some colleges tighten up their surveillance and stop the entry of medication, the carriers goal tuition centres to attract kids, the police officer stated.
Counsellors hooked up to Child Protection Units say they’ve come throughout drug packets on the desks, benches and inside faculty baggage throughout their go to to some colleges for counselling victims of drug abuse.
“The prevalence of substance abuse is very high among school children. When we counsel them, they admit to have used these substances but never reveal the source from which they got the drug,” Anju Dias, a counselor hooked up to the Thiruvananthapuram District Child Protection Unit, advised PTI.
In women aged 13 and above, sexual abuse is usually linked to substance abuse.
“Boyfriends introduce them to drugs and sexually exploit them. The girls tend to fall back again to get the drug again,” Dias added.
Psychologist Aswanthya S Okay of District Child Protection Unit, who extensively works amongst each intercourse abuse and substance abuse victims, says household and academics play an important position in prevention.
“Most of the time, the teachers and parents are too much into academics and fail to notice whether the child is having any deviance. Only when the child gets into trouble, the teachers and parents realize that the kind of teaching or parenting they have been giving is not appropriate for the particular child,” Avanthya stated.
She says the dad and mom ought to preserve an in depth relationship with their kids, observe them carefully and may examine their belongings, together with baggage completely commonly.
“Most of these substances are psycho-active drugs. It can affect and alter the brain chemistry of the child. That really makes the child abnormal and on a later stage, hallucinations start to set in. Children will then have abnormal and strained relationships,” she added.
Police stated Kerala is now dealing with a state of affairs that the Punjab had unsuccessfully fought for the previous a number of years.
But the state authorities has resolved to battle the menace extra vigorously, launching an enormous anti-drug marketing campaign by coordinating numerous departments together with police and excise departments.
As a end result there’s a fivefold improve within the variety of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) instances registered within the state and within the variety of individuals arrested.
The police have recognized 1377 black spots, that are the nerve centre of drug trafficking actions beneath the jurisdiction of 472 police stations within the state.
In 2022, the Kerala police registered 25,240 NDPS instances and arrested 29,514 accused in comparison with the 5334 instances registered in 2021 and 6704 accused arrested in 2021, reveals a doc.
“There is a huge jump in seizure of synthetic drugs like MDMA in 2022. Compared to the 2.739 kg MDMA seizure in 2021, police managed to seize 14.032 kg MDMA during 2022. In 2022, 1.223 kg of brown sugar and 35.942 kg of hashish or hashish oil were also seized”, it says.
