"The Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a huge quantity of toffees having drugs was seized from a godown at Kandasamy layout in Villupuram in Chennai.
"A huge quantity of such toffees was also found abandoned near a burial ground in Kovilpatti area. A few days back, a school boy was hospitalised after he had consumed chocolates having drugs that he had bought from a shop in R K Nagar area in Chennai," NHRC said in a statement.
"The Commission has observed that the menace is a serious threat to the life and safety of youths, mainly students and teenagers, who can be easily lured by antisocial elements," NHRC said.