De-addiction of the Addicted through Education

Abstract

One of the most critical concerns of drug abuse is the education of drug-addicted children. The prevention and rehabilitation programmes for drug/substance addiction are being constantly developed, but none explicitly addresses the education issues for drug-addicted children. After the First World War, with the dawn of industrialization, many Europeans became addicted to alcohol, and hence addiction to medicines gained attention worldwide. Drug abuse as a medical problem has only been recognized and addressed since the late 18th century in America. Drug addiction has become a grave problem in Indian states: Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Western Rajasthan, and Haryana. NCPCR emphasized the persistent necessity to initiate drug prevention and treatment programmes for drug-addicted children from multiple settings, mostly disadvantaged children such as street children, children of substance users, child labour, trafficked children, and children of sex workers.