The Himachal, India, government will launch an intense 15-day campaign to weed out cannabis across the state from August 22, said Chief Secretary VC Pharka while addressing a meeting convened for chalking out a comprehensive plan for checking drug menace in the state here today.
Pharka directed the nodal departments to focus on Baddi area where the menace was assuming serious proportions and identify the source from where drugs were being supplied. He also asked the Law Department to study the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and propose necessary amendments for making it more stringent.
The Chief Secretary urged all the people of the state to extend support for the campaign being launched for removing cannabis from private and government land either by destroying the same or informing the nodal agencies like Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police, Tehsildars and the SHO of the area concerned in public interest.
