The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index was released by the Harm Reduction Consortium, on November 7, 2021.
Five leading countries on humane and health-driven drug policies: Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, UK, Australia, and the Five lowest-ranked countries are Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mexico.
The index is a data-driven global analysis of drug policies and their implementation which comes at a time when govt is reviewing the provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic substances act 1985.
India’s rank
- India is ranked 18 out of 30 countries with overall score of 46/100.
- On “use of extreme sentencing and responses” criteria, India scored 63/100.
- On health & harm reduction, it scored 49/100.
- On proportionality of criminal justice response, it got 38/100.
- On availability & access of internationally controlled substances for relief of pain & suffering, India scored 33 /100.
