The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to put in place within six months a national action plan to curb the rising drugs and alcohol abuse among school children.<br/> <br/>A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and DY Chandrachud also asked the Centre to conduct a national survey on the substance and alcohol abuse and use of psychotropic substances among children in schools across the country. The bench observed that Children are encouraged to become drug peddlers once they are addicted. It also asked for a re-look on the school curriculum to make children aware about substance abuse and its ill-effects.<br/> <br/>The directions were passed on a PIL filed by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. The NGO had sought a direction to formulate a national action plan for children on drugs and substance abuse including all issues of identification, investigation, recovery, counselling and rehabilitation.

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to put in place within six months a national action plan to curb the rising drugs and alcohol abuse among school children.<br/> <br/>A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and DY Chandrachud also asked the Centre to conduct a national survey on the substance and alcohol abuse and use of psychotropic substances among children in schools across the country. The bench observed that Children are encouraged to become drug peddlers once they are addicted. It also asked for a re-look on the school curriculum to make children aware about substance abuse and its ill-effects.<br/> <br/>The directions were passed on a PIL filed by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. The NGO had sought a direction to formulate a national action plan for children on drugs and substance abuse including all issues of identification, investigation, recovery, counselling and rehabilitation.