Retrospective study of cases under narcotic drug & psychotropic substance act (NDPS) at Kangra, Kullu, Una and Hamirpur during 2013-2017

Sunil Singh; Kusum Singal; Arun Sharma; Neelkamal Sharma

Retrospective study of cases under narcotic drug & psychotropic substance act (NDPS) at Kangra, Kullu, Una and Hamirpur during 2013-2017

Sunil Singh, Kusum Singal, Arun Sharma, Neelkamal Sharma^*

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Maharshi Dayanand University

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Abstract

Drug abuse is one of the most common public health problem causing significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. The present retrospective study was done with objective of compiling data of NDPS cases that were reported during January 2013-December 2017 at State Forensic Science Laboratory, Junga (Himachal Pradesh). Data on locality and type of drug was recorded and analyzed. Charas and Heroin were found to be most common drugs of abuse in these four districts of Himachal Pradesh. Data interpretation of this study has brought some significant findings for the interested researchers. Moreover, this study can also be utilized to develop and implement effective preventive strategies to deal with fatalities due to drug abuse.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	42-44
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Volume	18
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Drug abuse
Hamirpur etc
Kangra
Kullu
NDPS
Retrospective
Una

UN SDGs

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Singh, S, Singal, K, Sharma, A & Sharma, N 2018, 'Retrospective study of cases under narcotic drug & psychotropic substance act (NDPS) at Kangra, Kullu, Una and Hamirpur during 2013-2017', Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 42-44. <https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jpafmat&volume=18&issue=2&article=009>

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Retrospective study of cases under narcotic drug & psychotropic substance act (NDPS) at Kangra, Kullu, Una and Hamirpur during 2013-2017

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