Discuss the measures that india has adopted to solve the problem of drug addiction
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Primary Prevention :
Keeping healthy by encouraging drug abstinence and alcohol moderation.
Secondary Prevention :
Facilitating the process of behaviour change of high-risk individuals by themselves; early identification of troubled people; counselling and early assistance.
Tertiary Prevention :
Treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration of recovering addicts into the mainstream.
Strategic Focus:
Keeping the aforesaid approach in view, the Drug Demand Reduction strategy of the Govt, of India has three broad focus areas:
• Awareness through preventive education.
• Counselling, treatment and rehabilitation.
• Capacity building of service providers.
Awareness and Preventive Education:
Building awareness and educating people about ill effects of drug abuse through preventive education efforts through various audiovisual aids and Information Education & Communication (IEC) materials:
Counselling, Treatment and Rehabilitation:
Dealing with the addicts involves a multi-faceted approach including programmes of motivational counselling, treatment, follow- up and social-reintegration of recovered addicts. Treatment of drug dependence involves a prolonged and complex process consisting of:
Identification/ Intervention:
Once the client comes to the treatment centre and the team gathers the case history from the client as well as the secondary sources, based on this information, chemical dependency and other related problems are diagnosed and treatment is planned specific to the client.
Detoxification:
Detoxification is the medical management process to remove the toxicity from the body and ensure recovery from its effects.
Rehabilitation:
Rehabilitation provides help to enable addicts to get out of his/her dependency on drugs and make positive changes in his life-style.
Keeping healthy by encouraging drug abstinence and alcohol moderation.
Secondary Prevention :
Facilitating the process of behaviour change of high-risk individuals by themselves; early identification of troubled people; counselling and early assistance.
Tertiary Prevention :
Treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration of recovering addicts into the mainstream.
Strategic Focus:
Keeping the aforesaid approach in view, the Drug Demand Reduction strategy of the Govt, of India has three broad focus areas:
• Awareness through preventive education.
• Counselling, treatment and rehabilitation.
• Capacity building of service providers.
Awareness and Preventive Education:
Building awareness and educating people about ill effects of drug abuse through preventive education efforts through various audiovisual aids and Information Education & Communication (IEC) materials:
Counselling, Treatment and Rehabilitation:
Dealing with the addicts involves a multi-faceted approach including programmes of motivational counselling, treatment, follow- up and social-reintegration of recovered addicts. Treatment of drug dependence involves a prolonged and complex process consisting of:
Identification/ Intervention:
Once the client comes to the treatment centre and the team gathers the case history from the client as well as the secondary sources, based on this information, chemical dependency and other related problems are diagnosed and treatment is planned specific to the client.
Detoxification:
Detoxification is the medical management process to remove the toxicity from the body and ensure recovery from its effects.
Rehabilitation:
Rehabilitation provides help to enable addicts to get out of his/her dependency on drugs and make positive changes in his life-style.
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