Substance Abuse: Trends, Primary Care and Sustainable Transformation

Abstract

The increased consumption of drugs in India is alarming and literature reveals that there are many studies on substance abuse and on the current trends and factors responsible for its consumption across the globe but very few in the Indian context. Through this article, we intend to highlight the statistics of substance use in India in context of problem, causes, consequences, impact, intensity, solutions, measures taken and way forward. The study is useful to policy makers, common man and drug addicts. The study is based on compilation and analysis of secondary data collected from authentic sources. Through this study, we have made an attempt to cover A to Z of Substance abuse in India. Through this study, we found that the increased trend of Substance abuse is alarming and there is a severe need of interventions. The Narcotics department is seizing the drugs as and when they are getting the information but somehow the situation cannot be controlled only with the efforts of Narcotics department and the contribution of policy makers, parents, teachers, doctors, that is, of each and every one of us, is equally important to eradicate this evil from society and nation as a whole.

Perception, Attitude and Support of Society Towards Drug Abuse: Do Gender, Age and Education Matter?

“…Focusing on the findings in the above-mentioned report related to substance use in Madhya Pradesh (MP), it has been identified that MP is in the top10 states (fourth) in India in which people need assistance to deal with alcohol problems. On a scale of 8, the prevalence of use of charas and ganja is 0.5%,and 3.9 lakh people need help related to opioids in MP.Because of the alarming trends in drug abuse, there is a strong need of interventions at various levels to curb the problem of drug abuse (Dubey &Bakhshi, 2019).…”

“…On a scale of 8, the prevalence of use of charas and ganja is 0.5%, and 3.9 lakh people need help related to opioids in MP. Because of the alarming trends in drug abuse, there is a strong need of interventions at various levels to curb the problem of drug abuse (Dubey & Bakhshi, 2019).…”