YOUTH DRUG ADDICTION IN INDIA

YOUTH DRUG ADDICTION IN INDIA

By-:Yajur Sharma 

INTRODUCTION

In India the emerging and concerning problem is youth drugs, which is spreading at a high level. Indian government is also very concern about this and they are doing awareness camps stating not to consume any type of drugs and also there is a act also created by the government called as NARCOTICS DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCE, ACT,1985. It is act says that, if a person is in possession of drugs for sale purpose or for consumption it awards the punishment to them as 6 months, 10 years or 20 years of punishment.

EFFECTS OF DRUGS

The major effect of drugs is mainly on brain and motor acts of a person, which consequentially affects the other aspects of a person and makes him or her drug addict. The drugs basically have a major effect on the communication system of human brain. They disturb the nerve cells of send, receive and analysis of information of brain. The drugs like heroin and marijuana are structured in a same way as chemical messenger known as Neurotransmitters.

The neurotransmitters are produced naturally by the brain. As for the similar the drugs fool the receptors of human brain and activate the nerve cells in such a way to send some abnormal massage to brain and drugs like cocaine release a very large amount of neurotransmitters at a point of time. They also prevent brain to recycle the situation of the brain. This disruption of massages leads to highly amplified and this disrupts the normal cycle of brain communication. Almost every drug use dopamine in order to target the reward system of brain and that control the emotions, motivation and change in behaviour of the person. By this some of the persons get disorders like brain disorders. The drugs effect the brain cycle and at last brain adapt the function which is caused by the drugs and person become an addict of it and then brain need that drug to function his normal work also.

Studies and report of Magnitude of substance abuse in India,2019 given by National Drugs Dependence Treatment Centre(NDDTC) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The report establishes that people using psychoactive substance in India. In India the percentage of adult males are very high in the context. After alcohol, cannabis and opioids are next commonly used in India, about 2.8% of population are indulged in it and it is around 3.1 crore individuals are there and the most affected areas are Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab these states have highest usage of the cannabis and opioids. About 2.1 percent of population use opioids and opium and its variants like poppy and doda its most prevalent in the states like Assam, Mizoram. In India the percentage of population using cannabis is 1.2% and opium is 2.06 % consuming the material every day.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

Preventive measures must be taken by government and the people of India who knows how drugs affect the human brain and disorders that have taken place. Awareness programme should be conducted by the government in schools, colleges and residential society also be included and government also made law like NDPS act it should be followed strictly. The media of our country is very strong if media indulges in awareness programme, the government can cover large area and more and more people can get aware of this silent destroyer of the youth of our country. Medical experts also can do awareness camps in collaboration with government. The entertainment segment can be done where people can be made aware by a movie or a short film or plays etc. For the prevention of drug abuse. If an individual has already gone down by the drug there should be de-addict treatment conducted by the hospital where the treatment is depend upon thethe t of drug being consumed by the person. Treatment could be done by both the ways psychological as well as by medical treatment. The treatment session done by medical and behaviour therapy session is also be given by hospital. The treatment should be done by a skilled and expert person of that area. NGO’s can be appointed by the government that can conduct awareness programmes and treatment  and other ways to get rid of such addiction.