All About Drug Abuse Prevention and NDPS Act

All About Drug Abuse Prevention and NDPS Act Drug abuse is very typical these days. But government launched an act that regulates the use of drugs and narcotic substances. Let’s dive deeper into the details. There were no drug regulation laws in India until 1985, when the NDPS Act got passed. Marijuana smoking has been mentioned in the Atharva Veda, and its use for entertainment was typical and widely accepted in the community in terms of alcohol consumption. Until 1985, cannabis and its extracts such as hashish, marijuana, bhang, etc. It is sold in the country legally. NDPS legislation was mandated to fulfil the obligations of the Indian treaty under the Single Drug Agreement, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Illicit Drug Trafficking and Mental Illness. Drug abuse is a major socio-economic problem in India, and the government is taking a few steps to reduce drug demand and promote drug rehabilitation in the community. What i...