A raid on medicine shops in Bhubaneswar was conducted on Tuesday as a part of the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’. The raids are underway on various medicine shops in Bhubaneswar for the sale of illegal drugs.
The raid is being conducted on the medicines and the cough syrups. The details on the bottles are also being checked. An inspection is underway to see whether they are being sold properly or not.
Action is being taken against those selling the products without valid prescription. The team has conducted a raid on medicine shops in Bhubaneswar as part of the ‘Drug-Free India campaign.’
Inspections are underway at at various pharmacies, druggists and stockists. The raid has been conducted by a joint team of Bhubaneswar Drugs Control Bureau team and Odisha Special Task Force (STF).
CM on Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
Recently at an event organized by Police Commissionerate, Bhubaneswar-Kataka CM Mohan Majhi had called upon the youth to support the anti-drug campaign. The Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said no new liquor shops in Odisha for next three years.
Chief Minister Mohan Majhi strongly appealed to eradicate drug addiction from the state of Odisha. He also said that the government’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy against drug addiction will continue.
Restrictions have also been imposed on the production and sale of tobacco and nicotine-laced pan masala and gutkha. School and college campuses have been declared ‘drug-free’ areas.
The Chief Minister has asked the police and excise departments to take stricter and more proactive steps against all addictive substances. The list includes liquor, ganja, opium, cocaine, heroin, brown sugar and synthetic drugs. He said that addiction not only harms the life of an individual, but also his family and society.
CM Mohan Majhi said that the Odisha government is committed to the goal of making the country drug-free by the end of 2029.
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