Drug menace: NHRC issues notice to Chennai DC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued a notice to the District Collector, Chennai, seeking information about steps taken to deal with the alleged sale of drugs mixed with toffees to students and teenagers across the city.
"The Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a huge quantity of toffees having drugs was seized from a godown at Kandasamy layout in Villupuram in Chennai.
"A huge quantity of such toffees was also found abandoned near a burial ground in Kovilpatti area. A few days back, a school boy was hospitalised after he had consumed chocolates having drugs that he had bought from a shop in R K Nagar area in Chennai," NHRC said in a statement.

The Commission said it has issued a notice to the District Collector, Chennai, seeking a report on the matter within four weeks. He has been asked to inform about the steps being taken to deal with the situation, it said.
"The Commission has observed that the menace is a serious threat to the life and safety of youths, mainly students and teenagers, who can be easily lured by antisocial elements," NHRC said.