International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Question 1

___ is celebrated as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Answer 1

26 June

also known as World Drug Day

Question 2

Which was released on the occasion of the world Drug Day?

Answer 2

UNODC World Drug Report 2022

Question 3

When was the day decided ?

Answer 3

On 7th December 1987

by UNGA

Question 4

India has the ____ largest quantities of opium seized in 2020

Answer 4

fourth

Question 5

The day is also meant to commemorate____efforts towards the strategic dismantling of the opium trade in Humen, Guangdong in China right before the First Opium War on the Chinese Mainland.

Answer 5

Lin Zexu’s

Question 6

____ of the Constitution provides that the State shall endeavor to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health.

Answer 6

Article 47

Question 7

____ of the Constitution states that State shall make effective provision for securing right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, within the limits of its economic capacity and development.

Answer 7

Article 41

Question 8

The President of India presented the ____ to the eminent senior citizens and institutions in recognition of their services towards the cause of the elderly persons, to mark the “International Day of Older Persons” (October 1)

Answer 8

“Vayoshreshtha Samman”
* was instituted in the year 2005
* was upgraded to the status of National Awards in the year 2013

Question 9

___ is the most abused substance in India

Answer 9

Alcohol

Question 10

the highest percentage of children who are addicted to alcohol are in

Answer 10

Udta “Punjab”

Question 11

When people do not exercise self-control, a state has to step in, as part of the Directive Principles of State Policy under :

Answer 11

Article 47

Question 12

Which agency for Drug in India?

Answer 12

Narcotics Control Bureau
* in 1986
* under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
* is based on Article 47
* Director General : Satya Narayan Pradhan

Question 13

____ act provides for the penalty of property derived from or used in illegal traffic in narcotic drugs

Answer 13

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

Question 14

The NCB was part of a global ____ , launched in (?) , which is a joint intelligence-gathering action on international postal, express mail and courier shipments containing psychotropic drugs (which can only be purchased on a doctor’s prescription) that are abused as sedatives and painkillers.

Answer 14

‘Operation Trance’ in December 2019

Question 15

Who is in the middle of two major illicit opium production region in the world the Golden Crescent (Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan) in the west and the Golden Triangle (South-East Asia) in the east?

Answer 15

India

Question 16

___ discussed the issue of large scale heroin trafficking from neighbouring countries, the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutical preparations, and poppy (Opium) cultivation in the country.

Answer 16

Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD)

Question 17

(?) are defined as “substances of abuse, either in a pure form or a preparation, that are not controlled by the United Nations drug conventions but which may pose a public health threat”.

Answer 17

New Psychoactive Substances

Question 18

____ was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2016, to tackle the rising HIV prevalence in north-eastern states in India, especially among people injecting drugs.

Answer 18

‘Project Sunrise’

Question 19

The government has constituted a fund called ____ to meet the expenditure incurred in connection with combating illicit traffic in Narcotic Drugs; rehabilitating addicts, and educating the public against drug abuse, etc.

Answer 19

“National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse”

Question 20

To step-up the battle against the severe challenge posed by drug use and alcoholism, the campaign will focus not just on institutional support but also on community outreach programmes in the districts identified in coordination. Name it

Answer 20

‘Nasha Mukt Bharat’, or Drug-Free India Campaign

Question 21

____ is the category of drugs that are considered to have “particularly dangerous properties” in comparison to other drugs.

Answer 21

Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961

Question 22

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985 succeeded the

Answer 22

Dangerous Drugs Act 1930

Question 23

____ is the UN agency mandated to decide on the scope of control of substances by placing them in the schedules of global drug control conventions.

Answer 23

Commission on Narcotic Drugs
* was founded in 1946
* is headquartered in Vienna

Question 24

____ is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime, in addition to being responsible for implementing the United Nations lead programme on terrorism

Answer 24

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
* was established in 1997
* was named the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2002
* acts as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations Office at Vienna.
* also publishes World Drug Report

Question 25

____ is the main international instrument in the fight against organized crime , enables cooperation between member states for tackling international organized crime.

Answer 25

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)
* also known as the Palermo Convention
* was adopted in Palermo in Italy in 2000
* entered into force in 2003
* Custodian : UNODC
* India ratified in 2011