About NAPDDR

• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025.
• The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of substance (drug) abuse through a multi-pronged strategy.
• The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in schools/colleges/Universities, community based peer led intervention programmes for vulnerable adolescents and youth in the community, provisioning of treatment facilities and capacity building of service providers.
• The Ministry is also providing central assistance for running and maintenance for Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs). 

Objectives of NAPDDR

• Create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects of drugs abuse on the individual, family, workplace and the society at large and reduce stigmatization of and discrimination against, groups and individuals dependent on drugs in order to integrate them back into the society;
• Develop human resources and build capacity for working towards these objectives;
• Facilitate research, training, documentation, innovation and collection of relevant information to strengthen the above mentioned objectives;
• Provide for a whole range of community based services for the identification, motivation, counselling, de-addiction, after care and rehabilitation for Whole Person Recovery (WPR) of addicts;
• Formulate and implement comprehensive guidelines, schemes, and programmes using a multiagency approach for drug demand reduction;
• Undertake drug demand reduction efforts to address all forms of drug abuse;
• Alleviate the consequences of drug dependence amongst individuals, family and society at large

Why in News?

The Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment informed the Lok Sabha about the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction.

Reference:

1. https://vikaspedia.in/health/nrhm/national-health-policies/national-action-plan-for-drug-demand-reduction