Punjab is launching India’s first evidence-based anti-drug curriculum in government schools from August 1. The initiative is part of the third phase of the 'Yudh Nashian De Virudh' (War Against Drugs) campaign and will be unveiled in Arniwala, Fazilka, by AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Developed by J-PAL South Asia under Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Banerjee’s guidance, the program will equip around 8 lakh students in Classes IX to XII with prevention-based education to resist substance abuse. Punjab becomes the first Indian state to implement such a scientific, student-focused response to drug abuse at the school level.