Drug hotlines (drug addiction help lines) provide support and options for those who are using, abusing, or addicted to drugs.
Each drug addiction hotline has its own charter and goals, but all are committed to helping end drug addiction.
The specific focus of our 24-hour addiction hotline is to get an understanding of specific situation and to suggest an individualized treatment program.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a Government of India ministry.
It is responsible for welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including scheduled castes (SC) , Other Backward Classes (OBC) , the disabled, the elderly, and the victims of drug abuse.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is responsible for the welfare of scheduled tribes (ST) .
National Level Survey to Curb Drug Addiction
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is set to undertake a National level Survey in collaboration with National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, AIIMS, and New Delhi.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in August 2016. The survey will provide national and state-level estimates of proportion and absolute number of individuals using various drugs and suffering from substance use disorders.
During the year 2017 - 18, National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) has conducted 127 capacity building programme imparting training to 4488 persons. They have also conducted 247 awareness generation programmes in various Schools and Universities⟋Colleges covering 23006 beneficiaries.
The report published in 2004 said that Survey estimated that about 7.32 Crore persons in India were users of alcohol and drugs. Of these 87 lakh used Cannabis, 20 lakh used opiates and 6.25 Crore were users of Alcohol.
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