The Social Evil in the recent stories of drug addiction in newspapers, television, radio or a gossip point everywhere around us for the last 10 to 15 days is triggering point how school going innocent children are becoming a pray for the drug addiction. A drug in general is a chemical substance used for curing ailments which is purchased upon prescription over a counter. But now the drugs which are effecting the lives of young generation of India is something different from the original purpose. Drugs are Natural or Synthetic substances which once experimented for recreation, relaxation develop into a compulsion habit. This excessive habit of intake of the narcotic drugs like alcohol, cannabis, nicotine or a derivative of cocoa or poppy, marijuana is drug abuse . Addiction to these abused drugs is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite of known harmful and destructive consequences.
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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985(NDPS Act) : The NDPC Act came into force replacing the Opium Acts and the Dangerous Drugs Act 1940 which were enacted to regulate the medical use of drugs such as cannabis and opium. The mainly deals with requirement of limiting the use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical use and scientific purposes as well as preventing the abuse of the same. The NDPS Act mainly views offences relating to drug very seriously and advocates stringent penalties. It also prescribes quantum of punishment depending upon the offences pertaining to small, commercial and intermediate qualities of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The Punishment for commercial quantities of drugs is minimum penalty of ten years rigorous imprisonment which may be extended to twenty years. Special Courts are constituted for speedy trial of the offences by an official Gazette . It is an anti-drug law, which