Lok Sabha Question No. 252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Prevention of Drug Abuse
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Lallu Singh, Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE

## +252. SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether aS per & report of United Nations; there are one million registered heroin addicts in the country while their informal count is five million;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c the preventive steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to take any stringent to control abuse including heroin addiction and if the details thereof steps drug
- (0) whether the Government has conducted any awareness programme and campaign in schools and to sensitize youth against abuse; and colleges drug
- (f) if the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? SO,

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

through NDDTC; AIIMS on Magnitude of Substance Use in India (2019), the prevalence of current Use of Opioid group of substances (which includes: i-Opium and its variants; ii-Heroin and iiiPharmaceutical opioids), is 2.06% in the general population of India (10-75 years   old). The prevalence of use and addiction (i.e. harmful use / dependence) of different types of opioid products is follows:

|                          | [Prevalence lof Use   | Prevalence of Problem use (Addiction/Harmful usel Dependence   | Estimated number of people affected by Addiction/Harmful usel Dependence   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Opiods, Overall          | 2.06%/                | 0.70%                                                          | 77 Lakh                                                                    |
| Heroin                   | 1.14%                 | 0.57%                                                          | 63 Lakh                                                                    |
| [Pharmaceutical lopioids | 0.96%                 | 0.23%                                                          | 25 Lakh                                                                    |
| [Opium                   | 0.52%                 | 0.1%                                                           | 11 Lakh                                                                    |

As can be seen heroin is the most common opioid used in India followed by pharmaceutical opioids  Among highest  proportion of addiction is found for heroin   followed by here, opioid drugs;

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +252 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

(c) The   Ministry of Social   Justice and   Empowerment has   formulated and is implementing a National Action Plan for Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of abuse through a multi-pronged strategy. The activities under the NAPDDR inter-alia; include awareness generation programmes in schools/colleges Universities,  workshops/seminars/ with community based  peer led interactions   intervention  programmes  for  vulnerable in the community, provisioning of treatment facilities and capacity building of service providers Drug drug

The Ministry also implements a ~Central Sector Scheme of Assistance for   Prevention Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse' under which financial assistance of Non-Governmental is provided to eligible Organizations based on the recommendations of State Governments/UT Administrations for running Integrated Rehabilitation Centers for Addicts provide compositelintegrated services for the rehabilitation of addicts including adolescents to

(d) So  far as the steps taken to curb intake of heroine & other narcotics in the country is concerned, Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) 1985 manufacture, production; trade, use etc of narcotics drugs and prohibit; the medical psychotropic substances; except for or scientific purposes  The Act provides for stringent penalties/rigorous illicit trafficking provisions for and   psychotropic substances. NDPS Act   follows   graded punishment;  wherein quantum of punishment is decided on the basis of the quality of the involved in the trafficking: The enforcement agencies of Central and State drugs Governments been empowered tO enforce the provisions of the and various intensive preventive and interdiction measures, inter-alia, including efforts known routes, (ii) strengthening of the information On illicit trafficking: Drugs Act, drugs have Act; adopt along drug

(e) & National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) through various stakeholders has conducted awareness programs and campaign in schools and Till 1033 have been conducted across nationwide. awareness programs Stakeholder wise details are as under:colleges: date ,

|       |                             | Awareness Programme Conducted   |
|-------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1 _   | RRTC                        | 288                             |
|       | SCERT                       |                                 |
| 3     | [niversities/Colleges       | 249                             |
|       | School Societies            | 70 150                          |
| 5_    | Medical Hospitals Colleges/ |                                 |
| 6_    | Red Cross/others            | 21                              |
| Total |                             | 255                             |
|       |                             | 1033                            |