Govt won’t allow even a gram of drugs to enter India: Amit Shah

“The entire drug business is now linked with narco-terror, and the money generated from the drug trade has become the most serious threat to the country’s security. The goal of all agencies should not only be to nab drug users but also to bust the entire network. The government will not let even a gram of drugs come into India, nor will we allow India’s borders to be used in any way for drug trafficking,” he said.

Shah said that there should be a ruthless approach towards the drug supply chain, a strategic approach towards demand reduction and a human approach to harm reduction.

He also urged agencies to use both the top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approaches to dismantle drug supply chains. “If a drug comes into the country through a land, water or airport, it should be tracked and checked till the last point where it is trafficked to,” he said.

Shah said the Narendra Modi government has based its anti-drug battle over the last five years on the whole-of-government approach and structural, institutional and informational reforms. “Earlier, the mantra of the agencies was need to know, but now they should move towards the functionality of duty to share, and all agencies need to adopt this significant change,” he said.

“The government will soon provide less costly kits for the preliminary testing of narcotics, which will make it much easier to register cases by all the agencies. Prime Minister Modi has set the goal for India to be foremost in every field by 2047 and this can only be achieved by keeping the younger generation away from the scourge of drugs,” Shah said.