Comprehension (B)
Efforts should be made to control the use of tobacco in the campuses of educational institutions because it is gateway to drug abuse. Most of the youths usually start with soft drugs like cigarettes, chhaliya, gutka, naswar and pan, and then move to hard drugs like heroin, opium, cocaine, ice and sheesha, etc. People who start smoking cigarettes or drink alcohol at a young age are much more likely to experiment with illegal drugs than people who do not smoke or drink. Supportive families and conducive atmosphere of educational institutions are essential to raising socially, mentally and physically healthy and well-adjusted children and preventing later adolescent problems.
The challenges faced by many parents is balancing family and work life, juggling financial commitments with adequate support and leisure time for family to be together. Sometimes parents struggle with drugs abuse problems, which affects their parenting skills. Factors such as a lack of security, trust and warmth in parent-child relationships, a lack of structure in family life and inappropriate discipline practices and insufficient limit- setting can render children at greater risk of problem behaviours, and subsequent drug abuse and mental health disorders. Adequate measures should also be taken by the authorities in education to implement compulsory drug education in every educational institution; and train teachers.to provide drug prevention education. Awareness campaigns should be run through mass media, theatre and essay contests, lectures, declamation-contests should be organized in schools, colleges and universities for awareness. Proper counseling for early users and anti-drug youth cell should be established in colleges and universities. If these strategies are adopted with integrity and good faith we can not only control but eradicate the evil of drug abuse from our youth in particular and society in general.
Questions:
i. Summarize each paragraph and suggest a title for each.
ii. Interpret the expressions "gateway to drug abuse" and "juggling financial commitments" as used in the passage.
iii. Analyze how the use of tobacco is presented as a gateway to drug abuse. What evidence or examples are provided to support this argument?
iv. From the perspective of the passage, how do family dynamics and the atmosphere in educational institutions contribute to the prevention of adolescent problems and drug abuse?
v. Identify a theme related to the role of authorities in education and the measures proposed for preventing drug abuse. Discuss how this theme is developed in the passage.
vi. How can the strategies mentioned in the passage, such as compulsory drug education, teacher training, awareness campaigns, and counseling, be practically implemented in educational institutions to address the issue of drug abuse among youth?
