Addiction

India has been located in between two greatest illicit opium-producing regions of the world – “Golden Crescent” and “Golden Triangle,” which makes it more prone to being both a hub and transportation route for opioids.India itself is also one of the biggest legal producers of opium. In 2018, the prevalence of opioid users in India was 0.7% of the general population among which 22.3% were found to be dependent on opioids.India has double the global average prevalence of illegal opioid consumption.