Take steps to keep students away from drugs: Tel Excise Dept

The Excise Department of Telangana, currently investigating a high-end drugs racket which was recently busted in the city, today called for action to keep the student community away from narcotics.

"You are aware that...Telangana Excise Special Task Force (STF) has arrested several persons in connection with possession and sale of high-end narcotics," Excise Commissioner R V Chandrvadan said in a letter to education officials.

"Investigation....has revealed certain disturbing facts involving the student community in particular," he said.

Among other things, colleges should be asked to "sensitise" the teachers and students about hazards of substance-abuse, and areas around colleges, especially shops, should be monitored to see if drugs are being sold, he said.

Rao also suggested setting up `student and lecturers' committees, on the lines of anti-ragging committees, to tackle the drug menace.

According to the STF, the racket which was busted in the city catered to nearly 1,000 customers, including students of schools and colleges.

The gang sold high-end drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), the STF has said.

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