2. Introduction
• Trafficking = The Commercial Exchange of Goods,
Especially of an Illicit or Improper Kind.
• Example: Drug Dealing, Trade for Commercial Sexual
Exploitation, Trade for Forced Labor, Trade in Arms (selling
and Buying various types of Guns)……..
• ‘Trafficking' offenses may include
– production or cultivation,
– import and export,
– transporting,
– offering,
– selling and/or possession,
– with intent to distribute or supply, or the concept of acting
'for gain' or 'on a commercial basis.
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4. Background
• According to the National Drug Dependence
Centre (NDDTC) at All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS), (2000 and 2009)
– more than 32,000 drug abusers turn up every
year and 21,000 more get community care
– Opiate users upped from 22% to 42%, but
Synthetic drug users zoomed quietly….
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8. Drugs in use at Present
• New Drugs: Synthetic drugs (Psychoactive
substances produced in a lab)
• Pharma Drugs: Pain
Killers, Sedatives, Anxiolytics, Hypnotics, and
synthetic opiods like buprenorphine, polydrugs…
is on a steady high.
• A 2008 UNODC, Rapid Situation and Response
Assesment(RSRA): Of the 5,800 respondents from
India, 43 % found to use “drug cocktails”, 64%
inject painkiller propoxyphene and 76%
buprenorphine.
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9. Drug Victims
• Drug Victims can be the person who are addicted to use drugs for the
pleasure for the first time which leads to addiction for the future.
• The person who want to get rid of mental tension by taking drugs…
Ex. Rich Person becomes Bankrupt, Failure/Cheating in Love and so
on.
• Persons who thinks that Drugs helps in extending stamina….
Ex. Students, Truck Drivers, Night Watchman use it to increase
alertness and to awake for long time
• Persons who for the sake of fun thinks that drugs bring change in
mood and behavior
Ex. Fun in festival like Holi; Tradition & Culture of early
Kings, Zamindars, Village people, Raves and so on..
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10. Mapping the Country
• Lucknow- Raves on Yaba
• Punjab- New Hotspot
• North East- Into Injecting Drugs
• Kolkata- Dotes of Meth
• Chennai- Hub of date rape, Ketamine
• Bangalore- Teens sniff and Huff Toluene
• Mumbai- Swears by Ice
• Delhi- High on Ecstasy
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11. Reports
• 85% of drug user from India are illiterate
• 61% of drug users in South Asia are from India
• 61% are working professionals
• 54% use drugs before casual sex
• 34% of women are hooked to pills
• 70% take cannabis
• 70% take heroin chasing
• 76% take buprenorphine
• 43% take drug cocktails
• 64% take propoxyphene
Source: Rapid Situation and Response Assessment (RSRA) of HIV/AIDS-
related risk behaviours…UNODC 2008, World Drug Report, 2007-10;
UNODC Reports, 2008-2010
Ref: Datta, Damayanti. Cover Story: Drug Addiction. India Today. Aug
30, 2010. pp- 41-47
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12. Channels of Trafficking
• Earlier- Suppliers in the Red-light Area
• Smuggling
• Now-Internet
– Booked through Internet and come by Parcel to place
to place
• According to World Drug Report, 2010
India has become a hub of drugs sold through
illegal Internet Pharmacies….
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13. Drugs in Situation
• To get rid of mental tension
• To extend stamina
• Change in mood and behavior
• No value of Money
• Tradition
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14. Causes of Drug Abuse
• Unemployment
• Financial Burdens
• Socio-civilization culture
• Curiosity/ Experimentation
• Peer pressure
• Addiction
• Sexual Involvement
• Failure in exam
• Break- up Relationship
• Depression
• Illegal Relationship
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15. Consequences of Drug Addiction
• Crime
• Sexual Assault
• Health Problem
• Broken Family
• HIV/AIDS
• Alienation
• Unproductive society
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16. Prevention Strategies
• Routine Checkup
• Awareness Programmes
• Peer Education Against Drug Abuse
• Custom Checkup
• Technology/Instrument Development
• Strong Law and Governance
• Strong Security Alert(Head Office to local Police)
• Constant Monitoring with Technology in Blogs &
Websites
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17. Now & Then
• Then
Report of the National Survey(2000-01):
o The most common drugs of abuse then were-
Ganja, Hashish, Opium and Heroin
o Women and Children were kept out of it
• Now
Synthetic Drugs are passing in
New Urban Junkies profile:
young, educated, working, upper & middle classes. It
can be both males & female.
This new scenario of the modern urban India is calling for
urgent attention.
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18. References
• Datta, Damayanti. Cover Story: Drug
Addiction. India Today. Aug 30, 2010. pp- 41-
47
• World Drug Report, 2007-10
• UNODC Reports, 2008-2010
• http://www.amritafoundation.com/typesofdr
ugs.html
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Raves- Participate in an all-night techno dance party; Into- keen on; Dotes –loves; Meth- Drug (An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant); Ketamine- drug; sniff- Perceive by inhaling through the nose; Huff- A state of irritation or annoyance; Toluene- A colourless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar, used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels; Swears- curses; Ecstasy- A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion………………
