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Page 1 of 47 N A T I O N A L P O L I C Y O N NA R C O T I C D R U G S A N D P S Y C H O T R O PI C S U B S T A N C E S I NT R ODU C T I O N 1. NARCOTIC DRUGS and Psychotropic Substances have several medical and scientific uses. However, they can be and are also abused and trafficked. India's approach towards NARCOTIC DRUGS and Psychotropic Substances is enshrined in Article 47 of the Constitution of India which mandates that the State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of DRUGS which are injurious to health . The same principle of preventing use of DRUGS except for medicinal use was also adopted in the three international conventions on drug related matters, viz., Single Convention on NARCOTIC DRUGS , 1961, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971 and the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in NARCOTIC DRUGS and Psychotropic Substances, 1988.
The cultivation of opium poppy as above for medical & scientific purposes as per actual requirements will continue. Simultaneously, the following areas will be explored: (a) cultivation of opium poppy for production of concentrate of poppy straw (CPS) after ensuring adequate safeguards; (b) encouraging the research institutions and companies to ...
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