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International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking this year focuses on spreading the right information on drugs
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KOCHI: The theme of the 2021 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is “Share Facts on Drugs Save Lives”. This aims at combating misinformation and sharing more facts on drugs. Around 35.6 million people suffer from drug-abuse related disorders globally, according to the World Drug Report 2020 of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Around 269 million people used drugs in 2018, around 30 per cent increase from 2009. Adolescents and young adults are the victims of the menace. Of the 11 million people who use drugs, half of them live with hepatitis C and 1.4 million live with HIV. As many as 585,000 died in 2017 due to drug use up one-quarter from 2008.’
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It plans to rope in private sector to boost yield of alkaloids
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File photo of poppy cultivation in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh. Poppy crop cultivation is allowed based on licences issued annually by the Central Bureau of Narcotics. | Photo Credit:
RITU RAJ KONWAR
It plans to rope in private sector to boost yield of alkaloids
The Central government has decided to rope in the private sector to commence production of concentrated poppy straw from India’s opium crop to boost their yield of alkaloids, used for medical purposes and exported to several countries.
Among the few countries permitted to cultivate the opium poppy crop for export and extraction of alkaloids, India currently only extracts alkaloids from opium gum at facilities controlled by the Revenue Department in the Finance Ministry. This entails farmers extracting gum by manually lancing the opium pods and selling the gum to government factories.
The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) on Sunday said over 5,900 kgs of different narcotic items have been seized in various operations conducted over the last six months.
The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) on Sunday said over 5,900 kgs of different narcotic items have been seized in various operations conducted over the last six months. The Gwalior-headquartered CBN functions under the Union Finance Ministry and is tasked with managing, regulating and formulating policies for cultivation and trading of poppies, opium and other narcotic drugs. The other agencies that specifically work against drug trafficking include the central agency Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and dedicated units of various state police forces. In a statement, the CBN said it seized a total of 5,942 kgs of poppy straw, 16.4 kgs of opium, 1.5 kgs of heroin and about 2 kgs of Alprazolam tablets, a pharmaceutical drug used to treat anxiety and panic disorders, over the last six months after operations were conducted in various states.
Updated Jan 28, 2021 | 07:30 IST
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A quick table regarding the salary and vacancy types if provided below along with age limit restrictions. SSC CGL is for recruitment at Group B and C level in various departments. Minimum educational qualification is graduation degree from a recognized institute/ university. A total of 6506 vacancies have been notified by various departments.