Mangalore : The report on the drugs menace among students and public in the coastal districts prepared by the Legislative Assembly Petitions Committee, headed by BJP MLA and Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat was presented before  the Assembly during the Belgaum session on December 10, Monday. The report has blamed the police for failing to crack down the drugs racket resulting in increased use of drugs among school and college students in Mangalore city.

The report also said the number of cases of missing of women and children too are increasing and attributed the same to the rise in sale and consumption of drugs. The committee also suspected a nexus between the drugs peddlers and the cops and said the police have not been able to check use of drugs through cigarettes and gutka.

The committee has recommended steps to rehabilitate drug addicts. It has further recommended action against those who even possess and sale even 10 grams of illegal substances like drugs.