"Under this policy, drug addicts or people with substance use disorders caught with small amounts of drugs will be sent to de-addiction cen...

Officials said it has been observed from a study carried out in countries facing major drug challenges that decriminalising the law does no...

The law criminalised the fruit and flower of cannabis but not the leaves used for making bhang, and its possession and consumption is not i...

Nineteen US states have legalised the recreational use of marijuana, and 38 have permitted its medicinal use.

Discussions on decriminalisation through an amendment to Section 27 of the Narcotic, Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, have come t...

In its affidavit filed last year, the Centre urged the court to dismiss the petition with costs and claimed that it has "adopted a balanced...

Law enforcement agencies are of the view that number of chemicals in the scheduled list should be increased, said a senior official.

The government has lined up 26 bills, including the Cryptocurrency Regulation Bill and Farm Laws Repeal Bill for the winter session of Parl...

All key stakeholder departments have agreed to do away with imprisonment and fines for personal consumption of drugs and amend Section 27 o...

The Indian State and society are still unsure whether a drug addict is a criminal or a diseased person. The NDPS Act throws a drug user beh...

The social justice ministry's suggestions should be adopted, as is happening elsewhere in the world, not just to help celebrities from over...

The ministry suggested that the compulsory treatment in government centres must be given to those caught with small quantities for personal...

If you believe that drug abuse can’t be compared to the Covid-19 pandemic, do browse through India’s first-ever large-scale, nationwide sur...

Cannabis is also used in some religious rituals and festivals such as Holi in which bhang is consumed.

The decision to reclassify cannabis and drop it from the most strict drug control list followed a recommendation by WHO for a change in the...

The candidates' affidavits would be immediately uploaded on the Election Commission's website, the CEC told reporters while referring to th...

At 85-years, Sir Edward Downes, arguably Britain’s most famous orchestra conductor was almost blind and increasingly deaf. But he wasn’t il...