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Drug abuse today is a major social problem which, though concerns with an individual's deviation from the desired social conduct, in turn, it affects the society at large. It is a widespread and critical problem not only for the western countries today but has emerged as one of the major concerns of the Indian society as well. India, today, has not only become a key transit of drugs but also a large consumption center. According to official figures, India has about 7/5 crore drug addicts and the number is going up significantly, especially in semi urban and backward areas. The monthly drug sale in India varies between 100 crore to 125 crore. The use of illicit and prohibited drugs today is not just confined to street urchins and lower classes but is fast spreading to middle and upper class youths of the society. The term drug abuse refers to the use of illegal drug or the misuse of a legitimate drug in such a way that it results in physical or psychological harm. It includes smoking of ganja or hashish, intake of heroin, cocaine or LSD, or injecting morphine, or drinking alcohol etc. The word addiction implies being physically dependent on a particular substance. It is a stage in which the body requires constant administration of the drug in order to remain functional and if the use is disrupted, the normal body functioning is interfered with this is the physical dependence upon drugs. Psychological dependence occurs when an individual relies on the drug for the feeling that it produces. Phrases like high on speed, trip or getting kicks are generally used by addicts and abuses. A continuous intake of drugs results in an overpowering desire or compulsion to continue taking it and to obtain it by any means. This happens due to physical and psychological dependence upon the drug and it encourages a tendency to increase the dose or the frequency.