{"id":46150,"date":"2016-12-14T07:29:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T01:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46150"},"modified":"2016-12-14T07:29:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T01:59:16","slug":"sc-asks-centre-curb-rising-drugs-alcohol-abuse-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-asks-centre-curb-rising-drugs-alcohol-abuse-children","title":{"rendered":"SC asks Centre to curb rising drugs, alcohol abuse in children"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44279\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-disposes-pil-permit-liquor-consumption\/drink\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/drink.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drink\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/drink.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44279 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/drink.jpg?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC asks Centre to curb rising drugs, alcohol abuse in children\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/drink.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/drink.jpg?resize=143%2C100&amp;ssl=1 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC asks Centre to curb rising drugs, alcohol abuse in children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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 &#8220;drug peddlers once they get addicted&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and D Y Chandrachud also asked the Centre to conduct a national survey on the substance and alcohol abuse and use of psychotropic substances among children in schools across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Issuing a slew of directions, the bench observed &#8220;Children are encouraged to become drug peddlers once they are addicted (to drugs).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bench also favoured a re-look on the curriculum to make school children aware about substance abuse and its ill-effects.<\/p>\n<p>The directions were passed on a 2014 PIL filed by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO, in its plea, had sought a direction to formulate a national action plan for children on drugs and substance abuse including all issues of identification, investigation, recovery, counselling and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>It had also sought creation of model syllabus on ill- effects of drugs and substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO, represented by senior advocate H S Phoolka, had sought setting up of rehabilitation and de-addiction centres in each district of the country with a special wing for children.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;drug peddlers once they get addicted&#8221;. 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