PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS:     Date and venue: 28 OCTOBER 2022 Room No. 43, III Yr. B.Sc. AQUACULTURE CLASSROOM Number of students participated:       34 Time: 2.30 – 4.00 PM Teacher participation: 01 (Dr. Kesavan K) Activities: Documentary show and discussion on drug abuse among youngsters.   Background:             The session was organised as a part of state wide campaign against drug abuse in educational institutions. The Govt. of Kerala has undertaken rigorous steps to track and solve this malicious social evil engulfing the youth today.  Objectives:    To discuss the range of impacts that the drugs have on the mental and physical health of youth. To shed light on the ways the world drug problem adversely affect various civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, in particular the needs of affected persons and those in vulnerable situations. To deepen the understanding of the current legal and medical regulations on drugs. To study how the children and young are affected physically and psychosocially due to the growing menace of drugs. Lecdem handled by: Dr. Kesavan K          Student presenters: Joyce M Raphael, Alister C S and Ahamed Rashid Documentaries shown: “Cannabis Question’ and ‘Heroin’s Children’     Outcome:     The session was held as a lecdem and not as a mere documentary show. As an introduction to the lecdem, Dr. Kesavan K gave a briefing on how the youth of today are exploited by the drug racket and how it influences them and ill effects are spread as a ‘social cancer’. The documentaries were then screened in the classroom. This was followed by a student panel discussion led by the three member panel of students.       The world drug problem remains a common and shared responsibility that should be addressed in a multilateral setting through effective and increased international, national and regional cooperation. The world drug problem constitutes a challenge to safety, national security, the health and well-being of the population, socioeconomic and political stability and sustainable development, especially because of the illicit activities of criminal organizations connected to it. The global and the national responses to the world drug problem require a truly balanced approach that considers the individual and his or her well-being at the core of any action taken. In many settings in the world, the prohibitionist approach to drugs is breaching most of the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in various international treaties. The programme came to a conclusion at 4 PM.                                                                                               ------------