The NDPS (Amendment) Bill, 2021 would replace an ordinance promulgated in September to correct an error in a 2014 amendment to the Act.
About The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
It is also known as the NDPS Act.
It prohibits any individual from engaging in any activity consisting of production, cultivation, sale, purchase, transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
About psychotropics and Narcotics
From a medical point of view, psychotropics designate chemical substances that act upon the mind, that is on the conscious or unconscious mental life of an individual.
Narcotics include substances that cause stupor (unconscious), muscular relaxation and a reduction or elimination of sensitivity.
