Drug Trafficking And Drug Addiction In North- East India: A Socio-Legal Analysis Of The NDPS Act, Public Health, And National Security Challenge
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Bedabrata Roy, BBA LLB (H), LLM (Criminal Law), ICFAI Law School, Jharkhand
ABSTRACT
Drug addiction is a major issue in our society, with startling figures indicating that roughly 60% of people are addicted to substances like nicotine, alcohol and other drugs. Many of these chemicals are regulated via the illicit trade in narcotics, such as opium, cannabis, brown sugar, heroin and cocaine which is still expanding. The word narcotic is derived from the Greek word narcosis, which means “numbness.” As the ancient Greek physician Galen pointed out, these drugs numb pain and can induce a lack of feeling. The usage of drugs among teenagers and young adults is on the rise nowadays and is a serious global health concern. Often, addiction is rooted in life disturbances. Obstacles in schooling, hardships in employment and dispute in family connections may produce mental pressure. People use substances to console themselves when they go through serious mental breakdown or difficulty. Such weakness is leading towards a significant divide between parents and children or when the parents are not able to spend enough time with their offsprings. It is also interesting to note that in India the main addictive chemicals, such as Bhang and marijuana (Ganja), which are derivatives of the cannabis plant, are commonly associated with religious faith. Bhang is legal but other cannabis byproduct such as marijuana and opium are not. The Far-Reaching Consequences The growing demand and supply of narcotics not only destroys human being but also spreads even to national security, communities and families. To suppress this, India created the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985 (NDPS Act). The international agreements have been enhanced by the passage of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, which aims to establish a strict framework for the regulation of activities of drugs.
