75% of students who tested positive for drugs in Mangaluru now test negative: Police Commissioner
Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy reported that 75% of students who previously tested positive for drug use have now tested negative. The initiative involved a collaborative effort between police, parents, and college administrations to provide counseling and support to the affected students.
Why it matters
This highlights a successful community-based intervention model for addressing substance abuse among youth in an academic setting.
Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said 75% of the students who tested positive for drug use earlier this year have now tested negative. He said the Mangaluru city police, with the cooperation of parents, college managements and the public, had helped 75% of these students give up narcotic drugs.
In a statement, Mr. Reddy said 8,310 students from 150 colleges underwent drug tests at the beginning of the academic year. Of them, 98 tested positive and were sent for counselling with the involvement of their parents and college managements.
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