In a bid to curb the drug menace in the city and the mounting trend of drugs among the youth, Delhi government has sought total ban on ink remover, popularly known as the correction fluid, used for correcting typing mistakes. These are apparently being used by the students as a drug.
Delhi minister of education & social welfare, Kiran Walia on Friday informed that government is worried to see the extensive use of this whitener among young generation as a drug which will destroy their life as a drug and it should be totally banned.
Walia added, ‘We have moved the proposal to government with documents of detailed studies arguing to ban it. We will implement the orders in the capital city soon to curb the drug menace.’
Sources said, the directorate of prohibition and drug abuse prevention unit of the state has proposed a blanket ban on the sale and use of the fluid, pending approval at the Cabinet.
A slow poison, the stationery item is commonly used by poor street and working children as a drug that grips their minds and bodies leaving them diseased, weak and caught in a web of life long addiction.
Earlier, education minister held a meeting with senior officials and representatives from AIIMS to prepare the proposal. It is learnt that chief minister Sheila Dikshit has been apprised of the matter.
The Union health and family welfare ministry had in July brought out a notification banning of production of bottled correction fluids as well as bottled thinners of any chemical composition. The Delhi government is now studying the notification to see how it can be implemented in Delhi. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights too has a sub-committee on substance abuse and it recognises correction fluid as a serious menace.
Delhi minister of education & social welfare, Kiran Walia on Friday informed that government is worried to see the extensive use of this whitener among young generation as a drug which will destroy their life as a drug and it should be totally banned.
Walia added, ‘We have moved the proposal to government with documents of detailed studies arguing to ban it. We will implement the orders in the capital city soon to curb the drug menace.’
Sources said, the directorate of prohibition and drug abuse prevention unit of the state has proposed a blanket ban on the sale and use of the fluid, pending approval at the Cabinet.
A slow poison, the stationery item is commonly used by poor street and working children as a drug that grips their minds and bodies leaving them diseased, weak and caught in a web of life long addiction.
Earlier, education minister held a meeting with senior officials and representatives from AIIMS to prepare the proposal. It is learnt that chief minister Sheila Dikshit has been apprised of the matter.
The Union health and family welfare ministry had in July brought out a notification banning of production of bottled correction fluids as well as bottled thinners of any chemical composition. The Delhi government is now studying the notification to see how it can be implemented in Delhi. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights too has a sub-committee on substance abuse and it recognises correction fluid as a serious menace.