DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i01.005

Pages: 21-23

Along with other social issues, the drug abuse is one of the serious problems nowadays in India. The data estimates that about 10.7 million Indian are drug abusers. Similarly the available data indicates that 12 per cent of drug addicts in India are below the age of 15 years, as are 31 per cent in the age group of 16-15 years and 56 per cent in the age group of 25-35 years. According to National Crime Records Bureau, there was 3674 person committed suicide in India in 2014, of which Maharastra reported the highest, at 1372. This was followed by Tamil Nadu, with 552 cases and Kerala, with 475. The unnecessary deaths of these persons are to be considered as wastage of the existing human resources in India and such deaths also affect the family and society at large. The present study conducted among the general public in Salem district of Tamil Nadu about their perception on drug abuse as well as drug abusers and also about the present legal mechanism is sufficient to curb the drug abuse