Trishnamoni Gogoi & Pranjal Sarma
Volume-XIII, Issue-III, April 2025 > 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 | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
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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