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Drug Abuse in Bangladesh: Institutional Responses
Masuda Kamal
Abstract

Though Bangladesh is not a drug producing country, but due to its geographical location in between the golden and crescent triangle and passing of the crescent ways through it here the problem of drug abuse has got epidemic form that destroys the productive forces creating special imbalances through narco-terrorism and handicaps the development process. Consequently it has now turned into a wide drug market for the drug traders having national, regional and international roots. It is quite evident that these traders have enough influence on the power structure that has accentuated the spreading of the drug problem throughout the whole country within unthinkably a short period of time. During last one and half decades it has flooded over the countries through a compact network of distributive channel. This flood appeared so abruptly that the traditional values and inherent social security system even could have any time and scope to develop any preventive measure. Government also experiences the same reality in taking measure against the drug problem while amidst of other multidimensional problems it has been busy with its all out efforts for national development and it also takes time to bring drug problem into account, to develop policy framework and make institutional efforts regarding drug abuse. Same is the case with the NGOs in Bangladesh also. But now all the corners are concerned about the devastating consequences of drug abuse in the country. Complying with the dimension and gravity of the problems institutional efforts are need to address the drug problem engulfing social peace and national prosperity. Institutional responses to addiction and their impacts in drug demand reduction depend some important factors like prevalent drug situation in the country including the continuous interplay of the pull and the push forces, drug policy of government along with the capabilities of the concerning institutions within the environmental supra system. Attempt has been made in this paper to portray a brief picture of the institutional responses to drug abuse after highlighting the current drug situation in Bangladesh.

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