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Name slips to promote messages against drug abuse in schools
As schools reopen this week after the summer vacation, the children have something new awaiting them in schools.
In an initiative targeted at schoolchildren, the Kerala's Drugs Control department is launching a series of name slips to drive home the message against drug abuse.
The department is releasing colourful and attractive name slips which will feature popular cartoon figures and cinema/sports stars along with messages on the dangers of drug abuse and how children can keep the drug menace at bay.
The idea is to make children aware from a very young age that they should stay away from drugs and how harmful drugs can be for health, Health Minister Veena George said in a statement here on Saturday. The name slips will be distributed to all schools by the General Education department.
Antibiotic literacy
This is not the first time that the Drugs Control department is using name slips to create awareness on socially relevant themes. Earlier, it had chosen the slips to educate children on antimicrobial resistance, as part of a campaign to promote antibiotic literacy amongst citizens. These name slips, carrying messages on AMR, had been released in Alapuzha district and had been very popular amongst children.
Ms. George said the Drugs Control department has been taking stringent steps to curb drug abuse in the State and that recently, it had appealed to the Union Health Minister to intervene, to restrict the sale of drugs through online pharmacies.
