Hyderabad: Police Commissioner of CV Anand City on Saturday said that the pressure of peers is one of the key factors that makes children become prey to drug abuse.
He said that the police had information about drug abuse that occurred in several international schools.
He made this comment during the launch of the free Hyderabad Campaign in Borabanda.
Police said that they wanted to take this campaign in five zones throughout Hyderabad and cover all colonies and 1,400 slums.
As part of this campaign, supervision in the pub, club, and bar will be intensified.
“The threat of drug abuse must be treated as a problem of everyone.
One cannot distance itself to think that no family members have that habit.
Our children went to school and college and we did not know what had happened after they left home .
peer pressure is one factor that makes them into drug abuse, “said Anand, adding that the role of parents is important in achieving a drug-free destination Hyderabad.
Similarly, Minister of Telananga Home Mohammed Mahmood Ali, who is the main guest, appealed to the elders and others to remind the police if they have input on suppliers or perpetrators of drug violence.
“The purpose of Hyderabad is free of drugs to protect our children cannot be achieved without public support,” he said.
The police said that marijuana mainly came to the state of Vizag in the AP, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
Likewise, cocaine comes from Goa and Mumbai and the seller mainly targets people from the upper and rich middle class.
Both the Minister of Home and Commissioner said that at the request of local public representatives, a new Borabanda police station would be created soon.
At present, the Borabanda region is below the limit of the SR Nagar police station.
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