What are the Initiatives to Tackle Drug Addiction?: UPSC Daily Important Topic |7 May 2023

What are the Initiatives to Tackle Drug Addiction?

▪ The Narco  Coordination Centre (NCORD) was constituted in 2016 and the scheme of “Financial Assistance to States for Narcotics Control” was revived.

▪ Seizure Information Management System will create a complete online database of drug offences and offenders.

▪ National Drug Abuse Survey to measure trends of drug abuse in India through the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment with the help of National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre of AIIMS.

◦ Project Sunrise: It was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2016, to tackle the rising HIV prevalence in north-eastern states in India, especially among people injecting drugs.

▪ ‘Nasa must Bharat’, or Drug-Free India Campaign.