Abstract :
The United Nation office on crime and drugs (UNOCD) has published the booklet which contains the worldwide trend on demand and supply of the drugs. According to which Cannabis is the most used drug as no less than that 209 million people consumed it (2022), followed by opioids and them after Amphetamines and Cocaine. Drugs which are introduced in the body to produce some action or to alter mood, emotion, or some bodily function. We can trace the use of drugs is as old as the history of mankind. The use and dependence on the drugs have both traditional and social roots in India, as in the end of 19 century the use of cocaine can be seen in some part of Bihar and Bengal because of its exhilarated effects. However, it can be now considered as one of the most devasted health problem worldwide. According to centres for Diseases control and Prevention in 2020, 91,799 drug overdose death occurred in united states. The global communities need to increase the efforts to prevent the supply of the drugs as the collective use illicit drugs, alcohol kills 11.8 million people each year. This data related to death is more than the death caused by all types of cancer. At least 15.3 million people have drug use disorder and total 148 countries reported injecting drugs out of which 120 countries reported HIV infection among there population.
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Keywords: crime, drugs, cocaine, Diseases control and Prevention.