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New Delhi, April 15: Concerned over the increase in consumption of drugs amongst youngsters, the Juvenile Justice Board has decided to ban the fluids, whiteners, diluters, vulcanised solutions to the children below the age of 18 years in Delhi NCR. The only way a child can avail all these material if he/ she is accompanied by a parent or guardian. Also, a student can get it only if he has the prescribed letter from the school.
This decision came after the Juvenile board was hearing a case of a child who had been consuming whiteners and thinners. The board also cited the notification of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in which the government had urged to supervise the sale of whiteners and thinners. In 2010, the health ministry had asked to do as it wanted to know if such substances were not being used for abuse.
The Juvenile board on seeing the rising cases of substance abuse stated that we all must ensure this practice ends as it will ruin an entire generation and the youngsters are being attracted to such substances. The board directed the Directorate of Health in the national capital to plan out and work on de-addiction centres to curb this menace.
According to a report on India Today, in 2016 around 19,320 to 27,090 children of street stepped into substance abuse and out of these children, 11 per cent had used whiteners and thinners.
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