2. ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ADDICTION
• Alcoholism is a world wide problem.
• Its medicinal use is beneficial to mankind but its otherwise use is injurious to
health and wealth of the society.
3. ALCOHOLISM AND CRIME
• Generally drinking is not a crime.
• To make it a crime will add to the nuisance of the poor who is jailed or
fined would be further troubled.
• Crime- if a man after taking the alcohol behaves disorderly in a public
place causing nuisance to others.
• Due to alcoholic influence a man may become more aggressive and he
may commit violent acts.
• Alcoholism is an exception to the criminal liability when the
intoxication is involuntary.
• S.85 & 86 of IPC.
4. S.85: Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused
against his will (S.85)
S.86: Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is
intoxicated
5. TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM
• Alcoholism can be treated by aversion, psychotherapy and counselling.
• In aversion, something is administered at the same time when a person drinks so
that he womits.
• In this way his craving for alcohol is satisfied but simultaneously undesired nausea
is also caused.
• It is an expensive process which sometimes necessitates hospitalization.
6. CONTROL OF ALCOHOLISM
• The makers of the Constitution by Article 47 made a directive principle of the
State police “that the State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the
standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its
primary duties and, in particular, the state shall endeavour to bring about
prohibition of the consumption except for medical purposes of intoxicating drinks
and of drugs which are injurious to health.”
• Yet less has been done by the state.
• Alcoholism can be controlled by the laws with stringent penalties on the violation
of the prohibition.
• Various programs like display of signboards by the side of the main road and the
advertisements – not proved effective.
7. DRUG ADDICTION
• Narcotic drug addiction poses a serious problem to the humanity.
• Drug addiction is a dangerous problem not only among the adults but a matter of
concern for the school going children also.
• Children in the company of drug addicts take it just to taste it temporarily which
slowly develops in their habits causing serious problem to their physical and
mental health.
• Drug addiction or “Jinking” is a global problem.
• Drug traffickers motivate the people for taking drugs and even they spend the
money also to form the habit of drug addiction.
• The non-congenial homely atmosphere, parental negligence and other mental
stresses may lead to drug addiction.
• Those belonging to affluent classes start drugs for enjoying the life in all the way
and ultimately they form a regular habit.
8. Contd…
• Long use- physical, psychological, social family and
occupational hazards occur.
• Opium and its derivatives like morphine, heroine and cocaine
and depressants and therefore instead of inciting to commit
the crime their tendency is to keep away from the crime but
their overall effect on the body and mind from time of its
starting and then after its withdrawing are very terrible.
9. TREATMENT
• Drug takers can be cured by medical treatment, social control and
group therapy.
• In medical treatment, there is a severe criticism of drug addiction.
• In social control method, harsh reprimand, ridicule and even
threat of expulsion is given.
• For the treatment of drug addicts it is necessary to find out the
cause of drug addiction.
• If the cause is only to seek pleasure, aversion therapy is applied
by giving mild electric shocks.
• Etc.
10. CONTROL OF DRUG ADDICTION
• For drug control, therre must be effective control on the
production and supply of raw materials and its derivatives
not only within the country but at the international level also.
• Some countries may not be inclined to put any control on it
because it brings heavy revenue.
• Hague international Opium Convention 1912 was a step in
this direction to control it at international level- supression of
opium smoking, opium trade, manufacture and distribution
of narcotic drugs.
11. • Can a woman in an unconventional form of marriage file a
complaint under the DV Act?
• By including relationships between two people whether they are
related by marriage, or through “a relationship in the nature of
marriage,” the DV Act, extends protection to women who have
had no formal marriage or in cases of void or invalid marriages in
the eyes of the law, but for all practical purposes constitutes a
marriage. DV Act includes second wives, common law marriages
and live-in relationships in its ambit, where the shared household
requirement has been established.
