Trishnamoni Gogoi
Volume-XIII, Issue-IV, July 2025
Volume-XIII, Issue-IV, July 2025 | ||
Received: 23.06.2025 | Accepted: 04.07.2025 | |||
Published Online: 31.07.2025 | Page No: 154-164 | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.13.issue.04W.016 | ||||
Understanding The Pattern Of Drug Abuse And Addiction As A Problem In The Society Trishnamoni Gogoi, Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India Pranjal Sarma, Professor, Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India | |
In the beginning of new era, the human population faced with several challenges to survive. The epidemics are the biggest danger to survive, affect millions of people worldwide. The problem of drug addiction is also considered a global epidemic with physiological, psychological, cultural and environmental influences controlling the human behaviour. The use of drugs is very old among the human population. Drugs have played an important role in every culture throughout the history. It is used for medical, religious or recreational purposes. This work aims to study the process of evolution of drugs over the period of time in the society and the pattern of drug addiction. It is also an attempt to examine the government policies and programmes along with the community awareness in controlling the drug addiction problem. Historical evidence suggests a long relationship between humanity and drug abuse as a mood altering substance. Drug abuse in India evolved into a national problem since the 1980s. A wide sort of abnormal behavior can result from drug abuse which creates problem in normal functioning in the family, the workplace, and the society. The government of India has introduced a national policy on Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985 with intent to guide various ministries, state governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and reaffirm India’s commitment to fight the drug menace holistically. | |
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