Overview

• The Telangana government on June 26 announced the creation of Eagle, a special anti-drug unit tasked with monitoring and countering marijuana cultivation and trafficking
• Chief Minister Revanth Reddy led an International Day Against Drug Abuse event in Hyderabad and called for a united front to prevent Telangana from becoming a drug hub
• Ram Charan praised the government and Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau in a tweet, warning that drug abuse breaks families and demolishes dreams
• Vijay Deverakonda urged youth to avoid substance abuse and emphasized the difficulty of recovery once addiction takes hold
• Industry figures including Dil Raju and Pullela Gopichand backed the initiative, with Dil Raju proposing bans on known addicts from working in the Telugu film industry