PM to tackle alarming drug addiction rates among students
Following alarming data released by Pakistan’s anti-narcotics agency on drug addiction among university and college students, and critics saying that little has been done to curb drug abuse on campuses, Prime Minister Imran Khan this week announced the setting up of a special council with representatives from various ministries, including education and health.
The inter-ministerial council announced on 7 December will devise and implement a strategy to curb illegal drug use at educational institutions, Khan said in an address at the head office of the Anti-Narcotics Force in the city of Rawalpindi, noting that seven million young people in the country had fallen prey to drug addiction.