Narcotics and Drug Abuse in India: Legal Control, Positive Measures and Failures

Author(s)	Ajay Marwah
Country	India
Abstract	It is necessary to lay down statutory guidelines regarding the procedure to be followed by the law enforcement officials during investigation of the criminal offences so that they do not resort to illegal arrests, unlawful searches and seizures, coercive interrogation and illicit means to collect evidence. Procedural norms are essential for regulating the proceedings in the court of law. The procedural provisions are indispensable components of any penal statue. In the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act1, all the procedures required to be followed by the enforcement officials during the investigation have been exhaustively dealt with. However, many of the procedural provisions are complex, cumbersome and impractical. Moreover, diverse and conflicting interpretations accorded to those provisions by the court have rendered have rendered the procedural law highly uncertain and vulnerable. Under these circumstances, the enforcement officials often fail to meticulously follow such provisions, and this result in large percentage of drug offenders.
Keywords	Narcotics, NDPS, NDPS Act, Drugs, Drgu Abuse
Field	Sociology > Administration / Law / Management
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-20
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.69383

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