Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Prevention is the frontline response to drug use. Effective interventions address the underlying conditions contributing to drug use, such as a lack of connection to family or community, instability, insecurity, trauma, mental health issues, etc. When addressed, these factors can effectively prevent the initiation of drug use and the progression to drug use disorders. Study the few key figures of drug use given below and answer the questions that follow.

(a) What do you infer from the figures in Table No. 1 about the people with drug use disorders, 2022 (in million)? State any two of your observations.

(b) How are Hepatitis C and HIV related to drug use disorders by people, as shown in Table No. 2? State the correlation between the two.

(c)

• [(i)] Give the scientific name of (p) shown in Table No. 1. 
  OR
• [(ii)] Give the scientific name of (q) shown in Table No. 1.

Hint:

Substance abuse not only leads to addiction but also increases the risk of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C due to practices such as injecting drugs.

Answer 1

Around 292 million people used drugs in 2022, showing a 20% increase over the past decade.

Only 1 in 11 drug users receive treatment, with lower treatment rates for women (1 in 18) compared to men (1 in 7), indicating a significant treatment gap.

Drug injection increases the risk of transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C. Among 13.9 million people who inject drugs:

1.6 million are living with HIV.

1.4 million live with both HIV and Hepatitis C.

[(i)] The scientific name of (p) is Cannabis sativa. OR

[(ii)] The scientific name of (q) is Papaver somniferum.