Narcotic drugs and psychotropic materials have been a menace to any civilized society. When addicted to them it corrupts the user’s mind and he transforms into a different personality.
Its use invigorates the criminality and aggressive behaviour in the user. Especially the younger generation who are the targets of the drug peddlers are easily compromised. They are then made to act to the tune of the bigger wolves who control the drug mafia and finally transform into mere tools in their hands made to commit offences of varied nature which affects the very peaceful existence of the society.
The preamble of the NDPS Act 1985 reads as follows:
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to narcotic drugs, to make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 1 [, to provide for the forfeiture of property derived from, or used in, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, to implement the provisions of the International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances] and for matters connected therewith.
The NDPS Act 1985 was enacted with an intention to curb the use and sale of Narcotic and Psychotropic substances which has been scheduled and defined in the Act. The NDPS Act 1985 has applicability all over India and to all citizens who are in India or outside India, and to all citizens in a ship or aircraft registered in India
