Indian Substance Use Report

As an endeavour to explore the epidemiology of substance use in India, this report represents an important milestone in public health and social welfare in India. The vision behind the study and the wide scope of its implementation makes it a historical, unprecedented undertaking. Results indicate that there is a sizeable population in India which is affected by substance use disorders and is in need of urgent help. We also understand now that while substance use exists in all the population groups, it is the adult men in India which bear the brunt of substance use disorders, the most.

Ambekar A, Agrawal A, Rao R, Mishra AK, Khandelwal SK, Chadda RK on behalf of the group of investigators for the National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India (2019). Magnitude of Substance Use in India. New Delhi: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and NDDTC, AIIMS, New Delhi, February 2019

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