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A
SOCIAL PROJECT REPORT
ON
DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION- A MAIN PROBLEM IN
INDIAN SOCIETY

A Project Report submitted to Hyderabad Business School in partial

fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

IN FINANCIAL MARKETS

(SESSION: 2019-2022) – BBA III SEMESTER

Submitted by
Ashritha
Deepak
Rama raju
Anjaneyulu
Surya
Vironika
Chidvinath
Neeraj
Lalitha
Varshitha
 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this Project Report titled “ DRUG ABUSE AND
ADDICTION- A MAIN PROBLEM IN INDIAN SOCIETY”
submitted by our team to the Hyderabad Business School, GITAM
University, Hyderabad, is a bonafide work undertaken by our team and it
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221914101005- B. SURYA KIRAN REDDY 
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221914101008- C V S P NEERAJ
221914101009- CHITTELA LALITHA
221914101010-DUGGANA VARSHITHA
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TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY AND RIGHTS”
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 Contents
1. Topic and Title of the project.
2. Abstract.
3. Introduction.
4. Need of the study.
5. Objective of the study.
6. Scope of the study.
7. Experimental techniques and
methods.
8. Data collection method.
9. Data analysis and interpretation.
10. Finding , suggestions.
11. Conclusion.
12. Bibliography, Journals, Reports.
 ABSTRACT
Drug abuse, also called substance abuse or chemical
abuse, is a disorder that is characterised by a destructive pattern
of using a substance that leads to significant problems or
distress.This report gives the information about drugs and the
types of drugs that people in India have been using and
consuming. Teens are increasingly engaging in prescription drug
abuse, particularly narcotics (which are prescribed to relieve
severe pain), and stimulant medications, which treat conditions
like attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy.
The epidemic of substance abuse in young generation has
assumed alarming dimensions in India. Changing cultural values,
increasing economic stress and dwindling supportive bonds are
leading to initiation into substance use.
It also highlights how it all starts and how it’s affecting the
students’ life and their education.It also tells about what can we
do to prevent and stop abusing drugs.

INTRODUCTION
What are drugs? To know about drug abuse and addiction, first
we need to know what the terms ‘drugs, drug abuse, addiction
and dependence’ mean.
Drugs: Any substance, other than food, used in the prevention,
diagnosis, all aviation or treatment of a disease is called a drug. A
drug may also be defined as a chemical which, when taken in
some way after the body function. Drug is also known as a
medicine. Generally, the term drugs applied to any stimulating or
depressing substance that can be habituating or addictive.These
drugs can also called as substances.
Drug abuse: This term is used to describe a pattern of substance
use that involves serious problems or negative consequences in
the user's life. These problems include, but are not limited to:
not going to work or school, legal troubles, struggles in
relationships with family or friends, and substance use in
dangerous situations.
Addiction: Addiction is the habitual, psychological and
physiological dependence on a substance or practice. Which is
beyond voluntary control. A person who is habituated to a
substance or a practice, especially a harmful one, is called an
addict.

Dependence: This word is used most often to describe what

happens when the body gets used to a particular substance.
Sometimes the body "learns" to tolerate a substance, so that
more of the substance is needed to get the same effect. This is
called physical dependence and also means that suddenly
stopping the use of the substance will likely cause withdrawal
symptoms.
Drug abuse and addiction is on the rise throughout India.
According to recent surveys, India has at least seventy million
drug addicts. In India, the cultural values are slowly changing, the
poorer class is suffering with economic hardship while at the
same time there is a massive rise in the upper class, all of this
combined with the dwindling support of family (due to increase
work and western life) is leading to drug abuse and addiction.
Indian produced pharmaceuticals, heroin, and alcohol are
amongst the most abused drugs. However, drugs like
methamphetamine, ecstasy, cocaine, and crack are all becoming
more abused on a daily basis throughout India.

NEED FOR THE STUDY:

By ninth grade, approximately half of Indian students have tried
at least one type of drug. These youth begin to damage their
physical and psychological health and their intellectual growth,
especially when their curiosity turns into abuse.
The need and the main focus of this report is teaching individuals
about drug abuse and addiction and how to avoid, stop, or get
help for drug/substance use disorders and also to bring
awareness in people especially students and their parents how
it’s affecting their health and their growth.
Education can start with parents educating their children, and in
primary school programming designed to increase knowledge
about substance abuse and the associated risks. For teenagers,
substance abuse education is generally incorporated into school
curriculum as well. Adults who want to learn more about
substance abuse (that they can then share with their kids) can
attend classes, group meetings, and research information online
in order to learn more about the topic.
How drug addiction Begins ?
There are many factors that lead people to drug addiction.
1. Curiosity : Frequent references to drugs by public media
create curiosity for having a personal experience of the drugs.
2. Friend’s pressure : Frequent appreciation of drug experience
by friends allures others to start the use of drugs.
3. Frustration and Depression : Some people start taking drugs
to get relief from frustration and depression.
4. Desire for More Work : Students sometimes take drugs to
keep awake the whole night to prepare for examination. It is not
desirable as it may cause mental breakdown.
5. Looking for a Different World : A wrong notion that the drugs
open up a new world tempts some young actors to start taking-
drugs.
6.Relief from Pain : A prolonged use of pain-relieving drugs with
physician’s advise at times leads to addiction.
7. Family History : Children may take to drugs by seeing their
elders in the family.
8. Excitement and Adventure : The young take to drugs to satisfy
their instinct for excitement and adventure.
 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
The main objectives of the study are:
 The impacts of drug addiction on human health and the
effects of drugs on young population in the country
especially teenagers and graduate students.
 how drugs affect their health, studies and career.
 To make suggestions on how Drug and Substance Abuse
can be minimised.
 Treatment and rehabilitation for existing drug users.

Symptoms of Drug Abuse

In general, there are a number of signs that drug abuse
or alcohol abuse is a serious problem. If you recognise some or
all of the following things happening to someone you care about,
or happening in your own life, drug abuse may be an issue that
needs to be addressed in treatment:

 Isolating from family and friends who don’t use drugs

 Spending time with new friends or friends who get high or
drink
 Never having money or often asking to borrow money, even
for small items
 Showing up late to work/school or not showing up at all
 Losing a job
 Doing little to find a job if out of work
 Paying less attention to basic hygiene
 Changes in sleeping habits
 Extremely private about possessions, including their bag,
room, or car
 Lying about using or drinking
 Sneaking away to get high or drunk
You may find hidden bottles of alcohol or drug paraphernalia
among your loved one’s belongings. Personality changes often
occur with substance abuse and addiction. You or your loved one
may be more irritable or agitated, and even blow off
commitments or family events.

Impacts of drug addiction on human health:

Substance use patterns are notorious for their ability to change

over time. Both licit and illicit substance use cause serious public
health problems and evidence for the same is now available in
our country.
Substance abuse and addiction cause serious health-related
problems for many people, including those living with HIV. The
World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the harmful use
of alcohol resulted in three million deaths around the world in
2016.
There are both short term and long effects of drugs.

Short-term effects:
Once drugs are taken by means like through injecting,
sniffing or chewing, they enter the blood stream and move
straight to the brain. They affect the brain making it hard to
perform its normal functions . Many drugs depress the brain
by:
 Making the user less restrained, more relaxed, at first
feels free, easy and gay this is because inhibitions
which usually guard behaviour are released at this
time.
 Affecting the motor functions of the body. The person
wobbles, staggers, is unable to work, has slurred and
heavy speech and has double vision.
  Slowing down the brain area that controls judgment
and thought, like conscience impairing the ability to
think, remember, understand and make decisions. The
person might even kill without being aware of their
actions.

Long -term effects:

 Drug and substance abuse is associated with very
many problems which include health related problems,
 violence, truancy, family break ups. Alcohol abuse is
associated with poor health, reduced productivity,
violence, spread of STD’s HIV/AIDS, domestic violence,
road accidents, child abuse and neglect among other
vices.
 People, who abuse tobacco suffers from different
cancers like cancer of the mouth, throat.
 Marijuana use can cause memory lapse and also lead
to decreased physical endurance.
 Liver, lung, heart diseases, vitamin deficiencies and
brain damage are some of the many complications
that occur due to , drug use and dependence. Taking
drugs especially during adolescence interrupts the
normal maturing process.
 Heroin causes physical dependence on the drug such
that a person cannot do without it once he is used to
it. It also causes tolerance such that an addict needs
more and more of it. An overdose of heroine can kill
almost immediately.
 Hallucinations cause very odd, disturbed and unreal
situations. In the long run most abusers develop
mental illness.
 Inhalants affect the abuser through the vapour fumes
that are inhaled. They cause excitement and encourage
violent behaviour. They also result to intoxication,
dizziness, slurred speech, inflamed eyes, hallucinations
and convulsions. If repeatedly inhaled, they can cause
brain damage resulting in death.

Effects of drug abuse on students’ education:

 About 70% of addicts at the Drug Abuse Information
Rehabilitation and Research Centre (DAIRRC) in Fort are
between 18 and 26 years old.
 Most of them are college students, from degree,
engineering and management institutes. Often, these
colleges are unaware of the intensity of drug abuse on
campus.
 Research shows that there is a definite link between teen
substance abuse and how well you do in school.
 Teens who abuse drugs have lower grades, a higher rate of
absence from school and other activities, and an increased
potential for dropping out of school.  
 Students who smoke marijuana tend to get lower grades
and are more likely to drop out of high school.
 One recent marijuana study showed that heavy marijuana
use in your teen years and continued into adulthood can
reduce your IQ up to as much as 8 points.
 A study of teens in 12th grade (16-18 years of age) who
dropped out of school before graduation are more likely
than their peers to be users of cigarettes, alcohol,
marijuana and other illicit drugs.
 SCOPE OF THE STUDY:
The scope of a study explains the extent to which
the research area will be explored in the work and specifies the
parameters within the study will be operating. Basically, this
means that we will have to define what the study is going to
cover and what it is focusing on. Now, our topic here is to bring
awareness among the people about drug abuse and addiction
and to reduce the use of them.

Steps taken by the Indian government to reduce drug

abuse in India:

 India has adopted the three-pronged strategies to reduce

drug abuse - supply, demand and harm reduction.
 The Ministry of Health was entrusted with the job of
prevention and treatment of drug dependence, whereas
the Ministry of Welfare was assigned with the responsibility
of the rehabilitation and social integration of people with
drug dependence7.
 The Ministry of Health established seven treatment centres
during the first phase (in 1988).
 The aims of these centres were treatment, drafting of
educational material and training of medical and
paramedical staff to generate the future workforce to deal
with the problem of drug abuse.
 In addition to these centres, under the DDAP, one-time
grant was provided to 122 De-Addiction Centres (DACs) of
various psychiatry departments of government medical
colleges and district hospitals.
 The harm reduction dimension was added in 2005 by the
provision of low threshold, community-based opioid
substitution therapy (OST)
 They caused some changes in drug abuse- Adult HIV
incidence has been brought down from 0.41 per cent in
2001 to 0.35 per cent in 2006 to 0.27 per cent in 2011. 
 The National Mental Health Survey (2015-2016) showed a
treatment gap of >70 per cent for drug use disorders. The
recent nation-wide survey on substance use disorders has
replicated the result, with nearly 75 per cent treatment gap
for drug use disorders. Added to that misery, merely five
per cent of people with illicit drug use disorders received
inpatient care
 The harm reduction arm of the three-pronged approach
needs to be strengthened further. Despite the progress
made by the NACO and the GO-NGO model, the coverage
of the OST among the IDUs is only seven per cent12. It calls
for the scaling up of the OST, safely and effectively
 Current and future challenges in the supply reduction arm
lie in the early detection and scheduling of the new
psychoactive substances
 In summary, India has taken early and decisive steps to
address drug problems. Though the government has an
over-encompassing blueprint, committed workforce and
several dedicated programmes and policies at its disposal,
there is a need to improve the current programmes (to
address the unmet needs), to have a coordinated effort
between Ministries, incurring uniformity at the policy level,
to make scientifically informed choices and to strengthen
the supply reduction chains.
Treatment for drug addiction:
Addiction treatment must help the person do the following:

 stop using drugs

 stay drug-free
 be productive in the family, at work, and in society 

There are many options that have been successful in treating

drug addiction, including:

 behavioural counselling
 medication
 medical devices and applications used to treat withdrawal
symptoms or deliver skills training
 evaluation and treatment for co-occurring mental health
issues such as depression and anxiety
 long-term follow-up to prevent relapse

A range of care with a tailored treatment program and follow-up

options can be crucial to success. Treatment should include both
medical and mental health services as needed. Follow-up care
may include community- or family-based recovery support
systems.
Getting help for drug addiction:

1. National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2014). Drug abuse and addiction.

2. National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2015). Trends and statistics.
3. National Institute on Drug Abuse (2015). DrugFacts: Nationwide
trends.
4. Centre for Behavioural Health Statistics and Quality. (2015).
Behavioural health trends in the United States: Results from the 2014
national survey on drug use and health. HHS Publication No. SMA
15-4927, NSDUH Series H-50.
5. National Institute on Drug Abuse (2011). DrugFacts: Treatment
statistics.
6. National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2011). DrugFacts: Drug-related
hospital emergency room visits.
7. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical
manual of mental disorders (5th Ed.). Arlington, VA: American
Psychiatric Publishing.
8. National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2014).  Principles of adolescent
substance use disorder treatment: A research-based guide
9. National Association of Social Workers. (2003). Adolescent health
practice update: Adolescents and club drugs.
 EXPERIMENTAL
TECHNIQUES AND METHODS:
Scale of substance abuse in India:
Of the four psychoactive substances -- alcohol, heroin, crack
cocaine, methamphetamine -- that cause the highest levels of
harm, two are regulated as the most dangerous substance, one
as moderately dangerous. Alcohol is not subject to any
international regulation. Of the four substances with lowest
levels of harm, two were regulated as most dangerous, too,
according to the report. This skewed regulatory framework leads
to economic losses with a high number of people incarcerated
and people in need not having access to opioids.
No. Of crimes under NDPS act:

 Number of drug related crimes under the , Narcotic Drugs

and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been on a rise
 According to NCRB Report 2016, a total 350862 Kg drugs
were seized during 2016. Ganja Methaqualone,
Ephedrine/Pseudo Ephedrine, Hashish and Heroin
accounted for maximum. Seizures give an idea about
popularity of various drugs. Apart from these, the abuse of
pharmaceutical drugs is also on a rise
 As of 2016, among all states and Union Territories, Punjab
has the highest incidence rate (20.2 per lakh population) for
cases under the NDPS Act.
 Maharashtra accounts for highest percentage (40%) of all
NDPS cases in India. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Kerala
and Punjab.
Telangana stands at 5th place in drug abuse:

 Use of narcotics like heroin and pharmaceutical drugs

containing opioids are apparently not very uncommon in
the Telugu states. Reports from Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh suggest high prevalence of drug usage, posing
threat of an HIV outbreak.
 Telangana stands at number five, trailing behind Andhra
Pradesh at fourth in the entire country with regard to using
heroin and opioid pharmaceutical drugs.
 DATA COLLECTION
METHODS:
The major source of data for this project report is from
newspaper articles such as The Hindustan times, The economic
times, Times of India, The Hindu and websites such as
www.pharmeasy.in, www.telangantoday.com,
www.socialjustice.nic.in, www.newindianexpress.com,
www.indiastat.com, www.researchgate.in,
www.medicalnewstoday.com. The small part of the data also
comes from different populations surveys that have been
conducted over years.

Recent drug abuse in Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh:
 The arrest of eight drug paddlers in a sting operation by the
Telangana Prohibition and Excise Enforcement wing a few
months ago led to the unravelling of the dark side of the
flourishing IT hub.
 Police have found a network of 18 gangs and identities of
almost 3000 youth – school and college girls and boys as
their regular customers.
 Farmers of Telangana and Andhra bordering Chhattisgarh
and Maharashtra illegally grow ganja and also allegedly
assist in transporting drugs across borders to beat police
attention.
 A recent report of the Narcotics wing of Andhra police says
that 40 percent of drug addicts are blackmailed to become
paddlers, couriers and stockists. "Drugs cartel is about Rs
3,200 crore in Telangana and Rs 2,400 crore in Andhra
Pradesh”.
 DATA ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION:
 In the GENACIS study[34] covering a population of 2981
respondents [1517 males; 1464 females], across five
districts of Karnataka, 5.9% of all female respondents (N
=87) reported drinking alcohol at least once in the last 12
months, compared to 32.7% among male respondents (N =
496).
 Special concerns with women’s drinking include the fetal
alcohol spectrum effects described with alcohol use during
pregnancy.
 The National Household Survey of Drug Use in the
country[29] is the first systematic effort to document the
nation-wide prevalence of drug use.
 Alcohol (21.4%) was the primary substance used (apart
from tobacco) followed by cannabis (3.0%) and opioids
(0.7%). Seventeen to 26% of alcohol users qualified for ICD
10 diagnosis of dependence, translating to an average
prevalence of about 4%.
 There was a marked variation in alcohol use prevalence in
different states of India (current use ranged from a low of
7% in the western state of Gujarat (officially under
Prohibition) to 75% in the North-eastern state of Arunachal
Pradesh.
 Tobacco use prevalence was high at 55.8% among males,
with maximum use in the age group 41-50 years.
INTERPRETATION:
According to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Act, 1985 about 8.5 lakhs people inject drugs to themselves and
are addicted, 27% of people who inject drugs admit sharing their
needles with other people , Rising diseases like HIV- in every year
, Mainly Punjab takes Ridiculously first place regarding youth
addicting to drugs every year drug abusing and addiction rises is
indeed.
As we can understand, Drug abuse and addiction are been
caused by mental, social and physical issues, these victims’ fall
under age criteria mostly 20-35 .Drug abuse and addiction been
a great impact on society. Though many Rehabilitation clinics or
centers’ were arisen, these issues never got diminished,
Punishments may have been implemented but addicts never got
declined. Atleast government didn’t had better ways to put this
end, So may be society needs to be aware of such kind of addicts
and try to change their mind set by motivational ways before
they get destroyed. Parents, educational institutions and also
government need to be responsible towards teenagers; on their
issues and on Youth
Financial situations take a rough blow under the influence of
drugs as they are not found easily and are too expensive. If you
had no criminal record, you surely will after taking drugs. Most of
the addictive drugs are not found legally, and under drug
offense, it becomes hard to gain a job or even a minor loan
 FINDINGS AND
SUGGESTIONS:
Findings:
Drug abuse not only affects the individual, but also can have far-
reaching consequences that affect family, employment, personal
health, health care systems, local communities, and society as a
whole.  The following examples illustrate the potentially
profound impact of substance abuse at an individual and societal
level, including the toll it may take on health and family.

 Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through

costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at
work, and health care expenses.
 The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion
annually, with the costs to the health care system
accounting for approximately $25 billion.
 Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11
billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
 Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas,
such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to
negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse,
and child abuse.
 Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry.
The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is
done – and the harder it is to go back to “normal” during
drug rehab.
 Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive
disorder that often requires formal treatment, and may call
for multiple courses of treatment.

Suggestions:
Suggestion #1: Educate Yourself
Get information about addictions. Find information about how it
impacts the family and friends. There are many resources for
finding this information: SAMHSA.gov (Substance Abuse Mental
Health Services Administration) has all types of educational and
informational resources.
Suggestion #2: Get Support
There are groups that can help you learn how to cope, provide
resources and help addict, including:
 Al-Anon (focused on Alcohol addiction)
 Nar-Anon (focused on drug addiction – prescription and
illegal)
Suggestion #3: Get Counselling
It may be helpful to get some individual counselling to assist
yourself. Counselling isn’t just for the addict. The more you are
able to manage the better you will be able to help your loved
one. There are a variety of resources to find counsellors .
Suggestion #4: Seek Specialty Help
There are organisations that provide services on a sliding scale
fee and you can often find those by calling your local Mental
Health Agency or United Way. Local churches may also provide
some low or no cost counselling.
Suggestion #5: Don’t Enable
Don’t rescue the addict. Let them experience the consequences
of their disease. Many times, people are unable to change until
they are forced. Don’t financially support the addict or their
addiction.

Suggestion #6: Have Realistic Expectations

Don’t preach or lecture to the addict. They are usually unable to
hear what you are saying. Continue to hold them accountable to
expectations and offer help to direct them to the treatment they
need.
Suggestion #7: Take Care of Yourself
By taking care of yourself through exercising, getting plenty of
sleep, socialising and getting support, you may be better able to
help your loved one when they are ready to accept the help.
The most important thing to remember is that you aren’t alone.
Many people battle with these issues every day and it is vital to
get the resources and support you need.

CONCLUSION
 The study concludes that Drug and Substances Abuse is
a complex phenomenon among students and teenagers in
India.

 Therefore, there is need for more students to explore

deeper on this pertinent issue and try to stop using drugs
if they are using and also help other people around them to
stop using drugs.

 This calls for concerted efforts by all stakeholders

(including teachers, parents, educational officers and
other government officials) to fight the vice and make
schools and colleges a better place for current
generations.
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Reports:
The findings of this year's World Drug Report fill in and further
complicate the global picture of drug challenges, underscoring
the need for broader international cooperation to advance
balanced and integrated health and criminal justice responses to
supply and de"and," Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN's
Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said.
"With improved research and more precise data from India and
Nigeria, both amongst the 10 most populous countries in the
world - we see that there are any more opioid users and people
with drug use disorders than previously estimated," Fedotov
added.
The surveys in India in 2018 and Nigeria in 2017 have offered
great insights into drug consumption due to being such vast
demographics for their region. India accounts for 30 per cent of
the population in Asia alone.
The Indian survey was based on interviews with 5,00,000 people
across the nation.