PM Modi's Mann ki Baat: Drugs are bad, not the youth

December 14, 2014 11:10

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the airwaves again this morning to speak about the evils of drug addiction during his third radio address titled 'Mann ki Baat'.

The PM said, "Drugs is something that can shatter anyone. When a youngster gets into drugs we consider him or her bad. But the truth is the drugs are bad not the youth."

Modi said that drug addiction is a psycho-socio-medical problem and we need to see it this way. He added, "Drugs brings 3 things. I call them 3D -- Darkness, Destruction and Devastation." He also extends his gratitude to media media saying that some TV channels did programmes on drugs, expressing a concern on the issue.

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