Anti-narcotics club formed by school students
Posted on: 26/Jun/2011 11:39:32 PM - No. of views : (3117)
Students from around 30 schools and colleges in the city joined hands on Saturday at the Madras Medical College to form an anti-narcotics club to prevent substance abuse.
The club was formed at an annual function organised as part of the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Under the aegis of the medical college, each participating student who is enrolled would carry forward the message that substance abuse is a disease, an addiction that should be prevented.
The form also included a pledge to be taken by the students that they would not consume drugs. MMC Dean V. Kanagasabai led the students in taking the oath.
Pazha. Karuppaiah, Harbour MLA, who distributed the certificates and prizes to winners of the elocution and poster contests conducted as part of the event, recalled that he had taken to smoking as a teenager and did not give it up until it affected his health.
