Drug menace: Buddy project for students

The anti-drug special task force of Punjab will soon roll out a project to aware students about the ill effects of drugs.

It was stated by STF Inspector General Promod Ban here while holding a review meeting with the sub-divisional magistrates and police officers of five districts -- Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, an official release said.

Ban said the "buddy project" would involve principals, teachers, students as well as their parents. It will be led by class teachers and supervised by the principals and district education officers.

Teachers will be trained by a special team constituted by the state government, consisting of STF, psychology department officials, Punjabi University (Patiala) members and education department officials.

While addressing the officers, the officer said the state government was committed to wipe out the menace of drug abuse and a multi-pronged strategy had been adopted to accomplish this task.