Abhivyakti

INTRODUCTION This post tends to deal with the question of substance abuse in India, how it is encroaching the minds of the people, what government is doing and what as a community we can do. This shall also involve the legal implications faced by the family and individual.                                                 Substance Abuse has its own definition it itself. World Health Organisation (WHO) says, that habitual use of or dependence on harmful substances like liquor/alcoholic drinks, tobacco, cigarette/bidis, drugs (other than for medical purposes) or illicit drug salts is called as Abuse. But is it really a big deal? Why isn't this still a full fledged political campaign? Europeans drink, so is there a problem with Indians drinking? How much of its use is not abuse or addiction? These are the questions that rises into minds of a common man when topics lik...