Annual Conference of North Zone Indian Psychiatric Society (NZIPS) was held from 27th to 2 8 th October 2012 at Sri Ganga Nagar (Rajasthan) in which Dr Chander Mohan, Professor Psychiatry ASCOMS Medical College, Jammu chaired the main scientific session on drug addiction in society. Ms.Suneel Vatsyayan ,Chairman ,Nada India Foundation shared his views on "Burden of Untreated Addicts on the society" in the session. l On 26 June 2004, UNODC and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India jointly launched the National Survey on the Extent, Pattern and Trends of Drug Abuse in India According to the survey projection in India, there are approximately: l 62.5 million alcohol users l 8.7 million cannabis users l 2 million opiate users It was observed that among current alcohol users, 17% were dependent users. Correspondingly, 26% of current cannabis users and 22% of current opiate users were de...
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