Lok Sabha Question No. 358 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Drug Addiction Among Youth
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.358 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2021

## DRUG ADDICTION AMONG YOUTH

358. MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

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

- (a) whether the Government is taking any controlling measures regarding the increasing tendency of drug addiction among the youth in the country, if SO, the detail thereof;
- (b) the details and number of drug addicts in the country, State-wise;
- whether any rehabilitation programme has been conducted by the Government; and
- (d) if s0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A NARAYANASWAMY)

- (a) The Government is taking a sustained and coordinated action for controlling the problem of substance abuse among the youth: This includes:
- i. Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) implemented in 272 most vulnerable districts a massive community outreach is being done through more than 8000 volunteers. More than 80 Lakh people including a sizeable number of women and children have been reached out under the Abhiyaan. being youth
- ii. Maintaining (380) Integrated  Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts   (IRCAs) for treating the drug victims but to provide services of preventive education, awareness generation, motivational counseling, detoxification/de-addiction, after care and re-integration into the social mainstream.
- iii. vulnerable and at risk children and adolescents. Under this, peer educators who are young adults engage children for awareness generation and life skill activities
- iv. Setting up and maintaining (93) Outreach and In Centres (ODICs) to provide safe and secure space for substance users, with provision of screening, assessment and counseling and thereafter provide referral and linkage to treatment and rehabilitation services for substance dependence. Drop

(6): The details and number of substance users in the Country, as per survey conducted by the Ministry in 2018,the report of which was published in 2019, State-wise is at Annexure-I

- (c) & (d): Rehabilitation programmes are conducted in the 380 Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts(IRCAs) in which counseling, detoxification, treatment and rehabilitation of substance users is done through organisations which are supported by this Ministry: being

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## As per the national survey, the substance-wise details are as follows:

| ALCOHOL           |                       |                        |
|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| STATES/UTs        | Adults (18 75 years)  | Adults (18 75 years)   |
| STATES/UTs        | PREVALENCE OF USE (%= | ESTIMATED NO. OF USERS |
| INDIA             | 17.1                  | 15,01,16,000           |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                       | 3,54,000               |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 10.1                  | 5,31,000               |
| PUNJAB            | 34                    | 73,31,000              |
| CHANDIGARH        | 20.1                  | 1,68,000               |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 23.2                  | 17,01,000              |
| HARYANA           | 25.2                  | 48,79,000              |
| NCT OF DELHI      | 25                    | 33,52,000              |
| RAJASTHAN         | 2.3                   | 10,98,000              |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 29.4                  | 3,86,11,000            |
| BIHAR             |                       | 6,59,000               |
| SIKKIM            | 18.3                  | 86,000                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 37.3                  | 3,60,000               |
| NAGALAND          | 9.5                   | 1,12,000               |
| MANIPUR           | 27.6                  | 6,12,000               |
| MIZORAM           | 9.6                   | 76,000                 |
| TRIPURA           | 38.4                  | 10,89,000              |
| MEGHALAYA         | 4.2                   | 80,000                 |
| ASSAM             | 10.4                  | 22,99,000              |
| WEST BENGAL       | 18.2                  | 1,27,17,000            |
| JHARKHAND         | 7.8                   | 17,52,000              |
| ODISHA            | 18.9                  | 58,25,000              |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 43.5                  | 82,02,000              |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 21.4                  | 1,10,23,000            |

| GUJARAT              |   4.3 | 19,53,000   |
|----------------------|-------|-------------|
| DAMAN & DIU          |  20.8 | 52,000      |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |  12.8 | 39,000      |
| MAHARASHTRA          |   5.8 | 50,43,000   |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |  17.3 | 65,09,000   |
| KARNATAKA            |   7.2 | 34,60,000   |
| GOA                  |  28.6 | 3,27,000    |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |   0.2 |             |
| KERALA               |  13.4 | 32,89,000   |
| TAMIL NADU           |  15.5 | 90,01,000   |
| PUDUCHERRY           |  11   | 1,18,000    |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |  29.6 | 87,000      |
| TELANGANA            |  19   | 50,40,000   |

| CANNABIS ISTATES/UTs   | Adults (18 75 years)   | Adults (18 75 years)   |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| CANNABIS ISTATES/UTs   | PREVALENCE OF USE      | ESTIMATED NO. OF USERS |
| INDIA                  |                        | 2,90,18,000            |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR        | 1.54                   | 1,36,000               |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 3.58                   | 1,88,000               |
| PUNJAB                 | 14.23                  | 30,68,000              |
| CHANDIGARH             | 0.80                   | 7,000                  |
| UTTARAKHAND            | 4.00                   | 2,93,000               |
| HARYANA                | 7.44                   | 14,40,000              |
| NCT OF DELHI           | 9.30                   | 12,48,000              |
| RAJASTHAN              | 0.16                   | 78,C                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH          | 9.16                   | 1,20,31,000            |
| BIHAR                  | 1.68                   | 11,06,000              |
| SIKKIM                 | 12.60                  | 59,000                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | 9.12                   | 88,000                 |
| NAGALAND               | 5.63                   | 66,000                 |

|                      |   4.40 | 98,000    |
|----------------------|--------|-----------|
| MIZORAM              |   3.79 | 30,000    |
| TRIPURA              |   2.36 | 67,000    |
| MEGHALAYA            |   2.09 | 40,000    |
| ASSAM                |   2.68 | 5,92,000  |
| WEST BENGAL          |   1.01 | 7,07,000  |
| JHARKHAND            |   0.73 | 1,65,000  |
| ODISHA               |   6.07 | 18,72,000 |
| CHHATTISGARH         |   5.89 | 11,11,000 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |   1.61 | 8,30,000  |
| GUJARAT              |   0.8  | 3,64,000  |
| DAMAN & DIU          |   2.04 | 5,000     |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |   0.33 | 1,000     |
| MAHARASHTRA          |   2.22 | 19,29,000 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |   1.18 | 4,43,000  |
| KARNATAKA            |   0.6  | 2,91,000  |
| GOA                  |   1.48 | 17,000    |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |   0.2  |           |
| KERALA               |   1.43 | 3,52,000  |
| TAMIL NADU           |   0.18 | 1,04,000  |
| PUDUCHERRY           |   0.19 | 2,000     |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |   0.3  | 1,000     |
| TELANGANA            |   0.72 | 1,90,000  |

| STATES/UTs       | OPIOIDS              | OPIOIDS              |
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|                  | Adults (18 75 years) | Adults (18 75 years) |
| INDIA            | 2.12                 | 1,86,44,000          |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 5.05                 | 4,47,000             |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | 5.78                 | 3,04,000             |
| PUNJAB           | 9.91                 | 21,36,000            |
| CHANDIGARH       | 2.99                 | 25,000               |
| UTTARAKHAND      | 2.66                 | 1,95,000             |
| HARYANA          | 8.91                 | 17,25,000            |

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| NCT OF DELHI         |   7.98 | 10,70,000   |
|----------------------|--------|-------------|
| RAJASTHAN            |   1.53 | 7,30,000    |
| UTTAR PRADESH        |   2.19 | 28,81,000   |
| BIHAR                |   0.2  | 1,31,000    |
| SIKKIM               |  19.21 | 91,000      |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |  23    | 2,22,000    |
| NAGALAND             |  26.06 | 3,06,000    |
| MANIPUR              |  14.63 | 3,24,000    |
| MIZORAM              |  26.39 | 2,10,000    |
| TRIPURA              |   5.12 | 1,45,000    |
| MEGHALAYA            |   6.58 | 1,25,000    |
| ASSAM                |   2.99 | 6,61,000    |
| WEST BENGAL          |   0.86 | 6,04,000    |
| JHARKHAND            |   1.13 | 2,54,000    |
| ODISHA               |   2.93 | 9,02,000    |
| CHHATTISGARH         |   1.6  | 3,01,000    |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |   1.26 | 6,51,000    |
| GUJARAT              |   1.46 | 6,64,000    |
| DAMAN & DIU          |   9.11 | 23,000      |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |   1.66 | 5,000       |
| MAHARASHTRA          |   1.2  | 10,41,000   |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |   2.26 | 8,50,000    |
| KARNATAKA            |   1.33 | 6,39,000    |
| GOA                  |   3.39 | 39,000      |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |   2.33 | 1,000       |
| KERALA               |   0.86 | 2,12,000    |
| TAMIL NADU           |   0.27 | 1,54,000    |
| PUDUCHERRY           |   2.19 | 23,000      |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |   1.8  | 5,000       |
| TELANGANA            |   2.06 | 5,47,000    |

|                   | SEDATIVES            | SEDATIVES              |
|-------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
| STATES/UTs        | Adults (18 75 years) | Adults (18 75 years)   |
|                   | PREVALENCE OF USE %) | ESTIMATED NO. OF USERS |
| INDIA             | 1.21                 | 1,05,80,000            |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 1.71                 | 1,51,000               |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 2.24                 | 1,18,000               |
| PUNJAB            | 4.61                 | 9,93,000               |
| CHANDIGARH        | 1.61                 | 13,000                 |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 2.33                 | 1,71,000               |
| HARYANA           | 3.05                 | 5,91,000               |
| NCT OF DELHI      | 3.19                 | 4,27,000               |
| RAJASTHAN         | 0.36                 | 1,73,000               |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 1.27                 | 16,63,000              |
| BIHAR             | 0.07                 | 45,000                 |
| SIKKIM            | 17.10                | 81,000                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 6.46                 | 62,000                 |
| NAGALAND          | 10.82                | 1,27,000               |
| MANIPUR           | 8.59                 | 1,91,000               |
| MIZORAM           | 7.53                 | 60,000                 |
| TRIPURA           | 0.67                 | 19,000                 |

| MEGHALAYA            | 1.09   | 21,000     |
|----------------------|--------|------------|
| ASSAM                | 0.92   | 2,02,000   |
| WEST BENGAL          | 0.78   | 5,45,000   |
| JHARKHAND            | 0.63   | 1,42,000   |
| ODISHA               | 1.82   | 5,62,000   |
| CHHATTISGARH         | 1.61   | 3,04,000   |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 1.12   | 5,77,000   |
| GUJARAT              | 138    | 6,28,000   |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 0.15   |            |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0.28   | 1,000      |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 1.22   | 1,0,58,000 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 1.79   | 6,74,000   |
| KARNATAKA            | 0.51   | 247,000    |
| GOA                  | 1.42   | 16,000     |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 1.19   | 1,000      |
| KERALA               | 0.54   | 1,32,000   |
| TAMIL NADU           | 0.32   | 1,87,000   |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 4.20   | 45,000     |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0.89   | 3,000      |
| TELANGANA            |        | 3,48,000   |

| States            | INHALANTS                                                         | INHALANTS                                                         |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| States            | Adults (18 75 vears) PREVALENCE OF USEIESTIMATED NO_ OF USERS (%) | Adults (18 75 vears) PREVALENCE OF USEIESTIMATED NO_ OF USERS (%) |
| INDIA             | 0.58                                                              | 51,25,000                                                         |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 1.01                                                              | 89,000                                                            |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 2.91                                                              | 1,53,000                                                          |
| PUNJAB            | 0.87                                                              | 1,87,000                                                          |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.14                                                              | 1,000                                                             |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 0.82                                                              | 60,000                                                            |
| HARYANA           | 2.20                                                              | 4,27,000                                                          |
| NCT OF DELHI      | 3.80                                                              | 5,09,000                                                          |
| RAJASTHAN         | 0.11                                                              |                                                                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 0.54                                                              | 7,12,000                                                          |
| BIHAR             | 0.06                                                              | 39,000                                                            |
| SIKKIM            | 3.86                                                              | 18,000                                                            |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 4.18                                                              | 40,000                                                            |
| NAGALAND          | 0.67                                                              | 8,000                                                             |
| MANIPUR           | 1.74                                                              | 39,000                                                            |
| MIZORAM           | 2.27                                                              | 18,000                                                            |
| TRIPURA           | 0.00                                                              |                                                                   |
| MEGHALAYA         | 0.06                                                              | 1,000                                                             |
| ASSAM             | 1.02                                                              | 2,25,000                                                          |
| WEST BENGAL       | 0.31                                                              | 2,15,000                                                          |
| JHARKHAND         | 1.29                                                              | 2,89,000                                                          |
| ODISHA            | 0.02                                                              | 7,000                                                             |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 0.48                                                              | 90,000                                                            |

| MADHYA PRADESH       |   lo.93 | 4,81,000   |
|----------------------|---------|------------|
| GUJARAT              |    0.08 | 36,000     |
| DAMAN & DIU          |    0    |            |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |    1.66 | 5,000      |
| MAHARASHTRA          |    0.65 | 5,69,000   |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |    0.66 | 2,50,000   |
| KARNATAKA            |    0.37 | 1,79,000   |
| GOA                  |    2.26 | 26,000     |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |    0.92 |            |
| KERALA               |    0.46 | 1,12,000   |
| TAMIL NADU           |    0.18 | 1,03,000   |
| PUDUCHERRY           |    1.49 | 16,000     |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |    1.45 | 4,000      |
| TELANGANA            |    0.62 | 1,65,000   |

| States               | COCAINE                                      | COCAINE                                      |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| States               | Adults (18 75 vears)                         | Adults (18 75 vears)                         |
| States               | PREVALENCE OF USEIESTIMATED NO. OF USERS (%) | PREVALENCE OF USEIESTIMATED NO. OF USERS (%) |
| INDIA                | 0.11                                         | 9,40,000                                     |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 0.01                                         | 1,000                                        |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 0.04                                         | 2,000                                        |
| PUNJAB               | 0.69                                         | 1,50,000                                     |
| CHANDIGARH           | 0.05                                         |                                              |
| UTTARAKHAND          | 0.02                                         | 2,000                                        |
| HARYANA              | 0.10                                         | 19,000                                       |
| NCT OF DELHI         | 0.09                                         | 12,000                                       |
| RAJASTHAN            | 0.11                                         | 52,000                                       |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 0.02                                         | 27,000                                       |
| BIHAR                | 0.00                                         |                                              |
| SIKKIM               | 0.63                                         | 3,000                                        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 3.30                                         | 32,000                                       |
| NAGALAND             | 0.30                                         | 4,000                                        |
| MANIPUR              | 0.00                                         |                                              |
| MIZORAM              | 0.00                                         |                                              |
| TRIPURA              | 0.00                                         |                                              |
| MEGHALAYA            | 0.06                                         | 1,000                                        |
| ASSAM                | 0.01                                         | 2,000                                        |
| WEST BENGAL          | 0.00                                         | 1,000                                        |
| JHARKHAND            | 0.01                                         | 2,000                                        |
| ODISHA               | 0.00                                         | 1,000                                        |
| CHHATTISGARH         | 0.00                                         | 1,000                                        |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 0.07                                         | 38,000                                       |
| GUJARAT              | 0.00                                         |                                              |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 1.44                                         | 4,000                                        |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0.86                                         | 3,000                                        |

| MAHARASHTRA       |   0.57 | 4,92,000   |
|-------------------|--------|------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |   0    |            |
| KARNATAKA         |   0.09 | 42,000     |
| GOA               |   0.39 | 5,000      |
| LAKSHADWEEP       |   0.66 |            |
| KERALA            |   0.05 | 13,000     |
| TAMIL NADU        |   0.01 | 7,000      |
| PUDUCHERRY        |   0    |            |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR |   0.52 | 2,000      |
| TELANGANA         |   0.08 | 22,000     |

|                      | AMPHETAMINES TYPE STIMULANTS             | AMPHETAMINES TYPE STIMULANTS             |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|                      | Adults (18 75 years)                     | Adults (18 75 years)                     |
|                      | PREVALENCE OF USEJESTIMATED NO. OF USERS | PREVALENCE OF USEJESTIMATED NO. OF USERS |
| INDIA                | 0.18                                     | 15,47,000                                |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 0.02                                     | 1,000                                    |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 0.01                                     | 1,000                                    |
| PUNJAB               | 0.63                                     | 1,36,000                                 |
| CHANDIGARH           | 0.09                                     | 1,000                                    |
| UTTARAKHAND          | 0.03                                     | 2,000                                    |
| HARYANA              | 0.38                                     | 73,000                                   |
| NCT OF DELHI         | 0.61                                     | 82,000                                   |
| RAJASTHAN            | 0.10                                     | 48,000                                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | 0.09                                     | 1,22,000                                 |
| BIHAR                | 0.01                                     | 7,000                                    |
| SIKKIM               | 0.06                                     |                                          |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 3.67                                     | 35,000                                   |
| NAGALAND             | 0.17                                     | 2,000                                    |
| MANIPUR              | 4.73                                     | 1,05,000                                 |
| MIZORAM              | 0.30                                     | 2,000                                    |
| TRIPURA              | 0.01                                     |                                          |
| MEGHALAYA            | 0.05                                     | 1,000                                    |
| ASSAM                | 0.13                                     | 30,000                                   |
| WEST BENGAL          | 0.00                                     |                                          |
| JJHARKHAND           | 0.04                                     | 8,000                                    |
| ODISHA               | 0.09                                     | 26,000                                   |
| CHHATTISGARH         | 0.00                                     | 1,000                                    |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | 0.14                                     | 72,000                                   |
| GUJARAT              | 0.00                                     |                                          |
| DAMAN & DIU          | 11.23                                    | 28,000                                   |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0.13                                     |                                          |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 0.50                                     | 4,36,000                                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       | 0.02                                     | 8,000                                    |
| KARNATAKA            | 0.13                                     | 61,000                                   |
| GOA                  | 0.67                                     | 8,000                                    |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | 0.97                                     |                                          |
| KERALA               | 0.13                                     | 31,000                                   |
| TAMIL NADU           | 0.03                                     | 19,000                                   |
| PUDUCHERRY           | 0.18                                     | 2,000                                    |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0.76                                     | 2,000                                    |
| TELANGANA            | 0.74                                     | 1,95,000                                 |

|                      | HALLUCINOGENS            | HALLUCINOGENS   |
|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|                      | Adults (18 75 (%) vears) | USERS           |
|                      | 0.13                     | 11,01,000       |
| INDIA                |                          | 1,000           |
| JJAMMU & KASHMIR     | lo.0o                    |                 |
| HHIMACHAL PRADESH    |                          |                 |
| PUNJAB               |                          |                 |
| [CHANDIGARH          |                          | 7,000           |
| [UTTARAKHAND         |                          | 27,000          |
| HARYANA              | 10.14                    | 55,000          |
|                      |                          | 49,000          |
| RRAJASTHAN           |                          | 29,000          |
| UTTAR PRADESH        | Io.02                    | 12,000          |
| BIHAR                |                          | 1,000           |
| ISIKKIM              |                          | 3,000           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | lo.30                    |                 |
| NAGALAND             | 0.23                     | 5,000           |
| MANIPUR              |                          | 1,000           |
| MIZORAM              |                          |                 |
| MEGHALAYA            | lo.oo                    | 5,000           |
| ASSAM                |                          | 9,000           |
| WEST BENGAL          |                          | 8,000           |
| [JHARKHAND           | 0.03                     |                 |
| ODISHA               | 0.00                     |                 |
| CHHATTISGARH         |                          | 26,000          |
| MADHYA PRADESH       | lo.05 lo.oo              |                 |
| JGUJARAT             |                          |                 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |                          |                 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 10.11                    | 5,37,000        |
| MAHARASHTRA          | 0.62                     |                 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |                          | 28,000          |
| KARNATAKA            | 0.06                     | 1,000           |
| GOA                  | lo.07                    |                 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          | lo.37                    | 91,000_         |
| KERALA               |                          | 29,000          |
| TAMIL NADU           |                          |                 |
| [PUDUCHERRY          | J0.03                    | 3,000           |
| ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    |                          | 1,75,000        |
| TTELANGANA           |                          |                 |