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16 Crore Indians Consume Alcohol:Children Use Inhalents

Jul. 04 Crime, Economy Comments

[New Delhi]16 Crore Indians Consume Alcohol
Making a statement in response to a calling attention motion introduced by BJP MP RK Sinha, Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said over 16 crore people in the country consume alcohol, around 3.1 crore use Cannabis and about 77 lakh people take opioids.
More than 5.7 crore alcohol users, 72 lakh cannabis users and about 77 lakh opioid users are addicted and need help, the minister said.
Gehlot said the findings were part of a national household survey conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2018.
Children and adolescents were found to be using inhalents more than others.
Gehlot said the household sample survey covered all the 36 states and union territories of the country .
It was done in collaboration with the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), ten other medical institutes and a network of 15 NGOs.

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