Drug-free Karnataka by 2028: Mysuru youth urged to join campaign
Karnataka officials are urging youth to participate in a campaign to make the state drug-free by 2028. The initiative focuses on awareness, education, and providing rehabilitation rather than criminalizing addicts.
Why it matters
This reflects a shift in public policy toward addressing drug abuse through community engagement and medical support rather than solely through law enforcement.
Urban Development Minister and Mysuru district in-charge Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Monday said that eliminating the menace of drug abuse requires the active participation of the youth and cannot be achieved by the government and police alone.
Speaking after inaugurating the anti-drug awareness programme jointly organised by Mysuru City Police and the NSS unit of Teresian College, he said the nation’s future rests with its youth, and India can progress only if young people are physically and mentally strong.
Observing that drug abuse has spread beyond urban centres into rural areas, the Minister said the State government and the police have launched several initiatives and are taking stringent measures to curb the menace, with the goal of making Karnataka a ‘drug-free’ State.
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