ANTI - DRUG COMMITTEE                                                         

ABOUT:

  The Anti-Drugs committee of the ASMWC has been constituted to ensure a drug-free campus by imposing a total ban on the possession or consumption or use of drugs and alcohol by students of the college, within or outside the campus/hostels. The duties of the anti-drugs committee includes organizing awareness programs in the college and hostels with the help of government authorized agencies/organizations. Educating the students regarding the ill-effects of drugs and alcohol, encouraging peer policing among students against the use of drugs and reporting any noticed use of drugs by the students to the Anti-Drug Committee / Students Welfare Office are also the duties of the committee.

THE OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES AND COMPOSITIONS OF THE ANTI-DRUG CLUB

Anti-Drug clubs are required to be set up in every educational institution for creating awareness against drug abuse.

OBJECTIVES:

• Awareness among students regarding ill effects pf drug abuse. Though most students know that drugs are illegal there is no counter narrative amongst their social and peer group that insists that drug abuse is wrong in every ethical, moral and legal sense.
• To protect the students from the ever increasing threat of drug addiction by involving them as stakeholders. By making it a responsibility that students have to ensure that their campus is drug free would take larger responsibility for their school and surroundings society.
• Students would have a sense of participation in the campaign. Today youngsters are falling prey to the menace of drug abuse because of lack of any other outlet for their energies, lack of confidence and urge to fit in / seem “ cool ” as a result of depression and because they feel they may not get caught.
• Anti-Drug awareness to motivate the institutions to declare themselves drugs free
• Generate a sense of confidence amongst parents of students
• A Healthy and fit next generation

ACTIVITIES:

• Organizing and participating in seminars with guest speakers
  a) Local medical organizer
  b) Local police personnel
  c) Local administration
  d) Other experts
• Organizing a poster / pamphlet competition and creating pamphlets with catchy slogans and phrases to be judged by prescribed institution committees and winners to be appropriately recognized.
• Distributing pamphlets in public areas under the supervision of faculty in charge of club
• Organizing a visit to local fire station, police station etc., members learn to draft a complaint to police incase of any untoward incident
• Organizing cycle rally to create awareness on drug abuse under supervision of teachers
• Organizing essay competition within institution on the theme of drug abuse
• Organizing a song on theme of drug abuse
• Creating a street awareness on drug abuse and organizing such plays in campus and other areas
• Any other innovative method to create awareness algin