Global Drug Policy Index 2021 released

November 11, 2021

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.