Our Reporter Dimapur, June 27 (EMN): Nagaland, along with north-eastern states of Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Manipur, is among the top 10 states in India with highest percentage of population affected by drug abuse, said Lunkholal, Intelligence Officer, NCB, Zonal, Guwahati on Monday. Speaking at the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking programme held in Excise department conference hall, Dimapur, he Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram have highest prevalence of sedative use, while Manipur and Nagaland are among the top 10 states with highest number of people who inject drugs, and states like Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram have more than 10% prevalence of opioid use. Lunkholal stated that India’s complex drug problem was due to its proximity to the two largest illicit drugs producing regions in the world, being flanked by the Golden Crescent in the West and by the Golden Triangle in the East. “These two regions account for more th
Dimapur, June 23 (EMN): In an effort to tackle drug menace in the state, Excise department has warned the public that dealing in drugs could lead to imprisonment or a hefty fine under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Leading up to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, the Excise department, under the aegis of United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Commissioner of Excise and Prohibition, H Atokhe Aye, in an update, highlighted the consequences for illegal dealings in drugs. Illegal dealing in drugs, in any form, sale, possession, transaction, transportation, export or inside India or from outside, is prohibited and punishable under the NDPS Act with punishment ranging from 10 to 20 years imprisonment, and fine from INR 1 to 2 lakh, or with both. It said that allowing premises, warehouse, godown, vehicles, or use of any kind of conveyance, concealing of narcotic drugs in any
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