Yes. With so many options available today, young people are more exposed to drugs than earlier. In fact, doing drugs has become almost like a fashion statement.

Sampurna Majumder
University of Delhi

I don?t think so. There might be some odd cases like that of Rahul Mahajan but that does not mean most young people are into drugs.

Deepak Kumar Taunk
Kharagpur

Young people today are more inclined to experiment. They often suffer from lack of parental guidance. Little wonder, with easy bucks to spare, they are more open to drugs.

Arjun Chaudhuri
University of Calcutta

Yes, recent instances show that in this so-called modernised world, young people are increasingly straying from their path and are experimenting with harmful substances like drugs.

Pooja Joshi
Calcutta

Yes. In order to come out of depression, anger and grief people do tend to consume harmful products like drugs and unknowingly put their lives in danger.

Pooja Joshi
Calcutta

should there be a specific law against ragging?

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