Global Drug Policy Index 2021 released

The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index was released by the Harm Reduction Consortium, on November 7, 2021.

Five leading countries on humane and health-driven drug policies: Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, UK, Australia, and the Five lowest-ranked countries are Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mexico.

The index is a data-driven global analysis of drug policies and their implementation which comes at a time when govt is reviewing the provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic substances act 1985.

India’s rank

  • India is ranked 18 out of 30 countries with overall score of 46/100.
  • On “use of extreme sentencing and responses” criteria, India scored 63/100.
  • On health & harm reduction, it scored 49/100.
  • On proportionality of criminal justice response, it got 38/100.
  • On availability & access of internationally controlled substances for relief of pain & suffering, India scored 33 /100.
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