Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India
Ranjit Singh Ghuman, "Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India"
English | ISBN: 1032258411 | 2023 | 182 pages | EPUB, PDF | 437 KB + 10 MB
English | ISBN: 1032258411 | 2023 | 182 pages | EPUB, PDF | 437 KB + 10 MB
This book analyzes drug addiction and abuse from the perspectives of the state and community in India, with a special focus on 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 and curbing this has been a tough challenge for enforcement agencies.
The book looks at:
the nature and pattern of drug addiction across the age groups, gender and occupational groups, both in rural and urban areas in India
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