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March 4, 2010

India to Set Up More De-Addiction Centres

Filed under: 2010,Substance Abuse — Tags: — Winson @ 6:54 AM

There are many concerns rising on drug addiction in India. This is mainly due to the increased movement in the drug trade in India in recent times. Moreover there is no credible data providing an insight into the drug abuse situation in India. This has increased the importance of setting up the de addiction centers. A Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment said that he has suggested setting up more of these centres across India.

International Narcotic Control Board ’ s (INCB) 2009 annual report states that the rate of drug abuse is high among teenagers and young adults. The report also revealed that there is increase in young women abusing drugs. It also mentioned that nightclubs, discotheques, bars, music festivals as well as colleges and universities are the prime locations for the messages to spread from adults to the teenagers.

The report said that the primary prevention strategies need to focus on the whole population of the country. This kind of strategies can reduce demands for drugs as well as identify all the drug addicts.

It said that primary prevention should be started with parents, by raising their awareness of dangers of unhealthy practices of drugs and harmful effects of drug addiction. Drug education is an important method to help teens deter drug use.

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March 2, 2010

BPO Companies in India Provide Awareness on Substance Addiction

Filed under: Substance Abuse — Tags: , — Winson @ 6:09 AM

Substance addiction is one of the growing concerns for many employers in India. Business Process Outsourcing companies, which serve consumers in countries such as Australia, United Kingdom and the United States of America, are more concerned about employee drug addiction.

Employees in these companies are more vulnerable to drug addiction as many employees are just out of college and are between 18 and 30 years. These young people undergo rigorous training, put in long hours, and make many calls each night. Long working hours, high earning capacities and little awareness makes them vulnerable to these substances. Some people get into these unhealthy habits due to curiosity or just to experiment. Soon they will get addicted to them and destroy themselves.

According to the 2004 National Survey on the substance abuse by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), nearly 73 million people in this country consume illicit drugs including alcohol. The drug or alcohol addiction can affect the company in terms of absenteeism, and medical leaves, reduced productivity, and accidents or errors at job.

Understanding the harmful effects of drug addiction, five companies joined the programme organized by UNODC to prevent the substance use. It should be noted that there is no taboo in talking about drugs their impact on people’s lives. Drug detection and awareness enhances productivity as well as employee welfare. Also detecting drug addicts at work and counseling them makes working environment safe.

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February 10, 2010

Know About the Substance Abuse Facts in America

Filed under: Substance Abuse — Tags: — Winson @ 5:16 AM

Illicit drug abuse is the major concern of health problems in America. Millions of people of different age and gender are abusing the illicit drugs. Illicit drugs of abuse include marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants.

According to National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2008, around 20.1 million Americans aged 12 or older were illicit drug abusers in 2008. This represents 8.0 percent of the population aged 12 years old or older are drug abusers.

According to the survey, Marijuana was the most commonly abused drug with 15.2 million abusers. There were about 1.9 million cocaine abusers aged 12 or older in 2008. Prescription drugs are also one of the major drugs of abuse with 6.2 million people above 12 years in 2008.

Most illicit drug abusers were employed either full or part time. There were about 12.9 million drug abusers employed in 2008. Many people in America are also driving under the influence of the illicit substances. About 10 million persons aged 12 and above reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs in 2008.

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