Enchantment of the generation, a satire for the system, unglorified approach to mend substance abuse has proven to be a gruesome strategy to understand the root cause of the problem. In the present day, the issue has spread tentacles in all classes of society rampantly.

The new generation, so-called millennials prone to perceptible atrocities, dare the challenges of life by the way it should be avoided. So the grown-ups are neither ready to absorb the reality of fate nor want to break the ice regarding the situation. The tremendous increase in the consumption of the substances banned by the NDPS Act is the only reason for the changing trend of society.

Observing several cases, the chaos going on in the industrial capital (Mumbai) has left a tyranny of fate on the civic bodies for gruesome action bringing them down to find the real intent behind the scene. The consumption is a common fare in a very unapologetic manner, but the design of the syndicate has still remained eluded from the hands of the law. That is a major concern of the time. Common man’s herb to affluent’s hard drugs, the consumption is inflated and so are the syndicates.

The administration, instead of cracking the syndicate and revealing the underground narcotics market, is occupied cracking down the end consumer, which is not enough to nab the real culprit. The investigating agencies, trying their every bit to bust the trafficking and supply of hard drugs, have been facing challenges to unearth the syndicate, due to their unspecific channels and unidentified methods of organising the black trade.

The establishment of the special courts to dodge the situation more consciously without any burden on the conventional courts demarcated the beginning of change. A special court has the same powers as the Magistrate when cases are brought forward. The special court is empowered to take cognizance of any offense under the Act on the basis of a report submitted to it by the relevant police authority or any complaint made by officers in the central or state government who are authorised to make such complaints and investigate upon.

The quantum of punishment under the NDPS Act emanates from the quantity of drugs discovered, which is further classified into three categories: small, less than commercial and commercial. As a result, the punishment may be as low as rigorous imprisonment for one year if the drugs found are in small quantity and as high as 20 years’ imprisonment for a large quantity. The amount of small and commercial quantity is specified by the central government. The quantity for some common drugs is as follows:

  1. Amphetamine: Small quantity – 2 grams, commercial quantity – 50 grams
  2. Cocaine: Small quantity – 2 grams, commercial quantity – 100 grams
  3. Codeine: Small quantity – 10 grams, commercial quantity – 1 kg
  4. Ganja: Small quantity – 1 kg, commercial quantity – 20 kg
  5. Heroin: Small quantity – 5 grams, commercial quantity – 250 grams
  6. Morphine: Small quantity – 5 grams, commercial quantity – 250 grams
  7. Poppy straw: small quantity – 1 kg, commercial quantity – 50 kg

The menace is required to be grounded for the welfare of the state and its people, the main contention should be to punish the underground narcotics, creating ruckus in the society, altering the mental well-being of the denizen, physiologically speaking, derailing from the path of hope to oblivion, from where there is no looking back to a normal life.

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