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Meanwhile, we are also ensuring that proper care and counselling is provided whenever we come across children affected by substance abuse,” he said. “Most of the students seem to use a sachet containing gutka-like substance that can be kept in the mouth for a few hours. According to its chairman C.
Jim Jesudoss, while 49 substance abuse cases were brought to its notice in 2017 fiscal, 46 cases have been reported this fiscal so far. Rani Chakkaravarthy, a child psychologist, said the children were encouraged by the shopkeepers to bring more students by offering it for free. more-inSubstance abuse among school-going children seem to be witnessing a sharp increase, particularly among teenagers, owing to easy availability of gutka and other banned tobacco products, as per data obtained by Child Welfare Committee..