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Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India by RANJIT SINGH. SINGH GHUMAN (JATINDER. KAUR, GURINDER.); Jatinder Singh; Gurinder Kaur is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book analyses drug addiction and abuse from the perspectives of the state and community in India, with a special focus on the North-West regions of India. India lies in the transit route of two major global centres of heroin and cocaine processing: the Golden Triangle of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos towards the East and the Golden Crescent of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan to the West, making it vulnerable to drug trafficking. Curbing this has been a tough challenge for enforcement agencies.This book looks at• the nature and pattern of drug addiction across age, gender and occupational groups, both in rural and urban areas in India;• the socio-economic causes of drug-use and addiction and the various socio-economic costs associated with it;• the general perception of addicts and their family members, and civil society about the role of government machinery and political leaders on drug addiction as well as rehabilitation; and• available mechanisms to address the issue at the level of family, society and government and the changes required in policy to curb drug addiction and use.This interdisciplinary book will be of importance to students and researchers of economics, cultural

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Author

RANJIT SINGH. SINGH GHUMAN (JATINDER. KAUR, GURINDER.); Jatinder Singh; Gurinder Kaur

Publisher

Routledge India

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781032779638

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Psychology, Science