About the Book

The book addresses the issues related to present-day drug use in the Indian context. It stresses the need for drug policies to address the socio-cultural realities of the local situation in order to be relevant and effective. Through details of street level drug use, the authors bring forth the process of marginalisation of drug users and subsequent hurdles it creates in the journey of becoming drug free. With the use of cartoons, the thoughts are synthesized and through laughter, sensitive issues in drug abuse control efforts are highlighted. The qualitative data on the micro aspects of drug use are utilized to raise queries about efforts undertaken at the macro level. The book offers much insight to field workers, professionals and policy makers in the area of drug abuse management.

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Contents

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About the Author / Editor

Molly Charles is the Deputy Director of National Addiction Research Centre, Mumbai. She has published articles on drug abuse management in India and other Asian settings. K. Sadanandan Nair is the Head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pune, Pune. He has over 26 years of postgraduate teaching experience and his extensive research cuts across a variety of disciplinary boundaries: anthropology, sociology, communication and development studies. Apart from several important positions that he has held in various foreign universities and international agencies, he is now an academic advisor to NARC, Mumbai. Dr. Nair’s publications include books on Development Communication, Participatory Communication, Ethnicity and Urbanization and several articles and papers on diverse subjects. Gabriel Britto is the Founder Director of the National Addiction Research Centre, Mumbai. He has published several papers on political mobilization, social work education and substance use/abuse.

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