Legislative Impact of NDPS in India

Abstract

Narcotic medications and psychoactive chemicals are used in all medical institutions for a number of reasons. However, they also encounter abuse and humann trafficking. This is how India views drugs. The use of pharmaceuticals for purposes other than medical necessity is prohibited by the Single Convention on Narcotic pharmaceuticals of 1961 and the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. India has given its support and approval to these three contracts.

India was committed in reducing drug use and trafficking before the three accords took effect. This issue  is much more a disaster than it seems to be. The usage of substances like “ganja, charas, and other psychotropic compounds”  as a digestive aid, pain reliever, and even as a form of psychotherapy may be found in ancient India. India does not even have a legislation that made drug possession and use illegal before to 1985. However, by passing the  Act in 1985, India came up with tighter restrictions and harsher penalties to inculde the drug epidemic while also taking into account its duties under the three UN drug conventions and constitutional laws.