Full Description
This book analyzes drug addiction and abuse from the perspectives of the state and community in India, with a special focus on North-West regions of India. India lies in the transit route of two major global centres of heroin and cocaine processing: the Golden Triangle of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos towards the East; and the Golden Crescent of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan to the West making it vulnerable to drug trafficking and curbing this has been a tough challenge for enforcement agencies.
The book looks at:
the nature and pattern of drug addiction across the age groups, gender and occupational groups, both in rural and urban areas in India
the socio-economic causes of drug-use and addiction and the various socio-economic costs associated with it
the general perception of family members, police and political leaders on drug addiction as well as rehabilitation; and
available mechanisms to address the issue at the level of family, society and government and the changes required in policy to curb drug addiction and use
This interdisciplinary book will be of importance to students and researchers of economics, cultural and social anthropology, sociology, police administration, political science, and psychology. It will also be of interest to policy makers, government agencies, social scientists, departments of social and preventive medicine, social workers, civil society, drug-addicts and their families.
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Scope and methodology 3. Trends and Patterns of Drug Addiction in India: Revelations from Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 4. Social and Economic Profile of Drug addicts and their households 5. Growing up with intoxicants and drugs: Revelations by households of addicts 6. Prevalence of drugs among the addicts: Types, sources and experiences 7. Social and economic costs of drug addiction and abuse 8. Community perception about drug addiction and abuse 9. Main findings and policy recommendations
