Drugs De-addiction and Rehabilation on war footing

Updated: 3/22/2025
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Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025

IMPACT 2022-2024[1]

-- ~10 lakh patients have undergone treatment
-- 97,413 addicts were admitted in Deaddiction and Rehabilitation Centers as of 11 Jan 2025

286% Rise in Outpatient Drug Clinics to Total 590 in 2024 under AAP Government

214% Rise in Deaddiction centers to Total 303 in 2024 under AAP Government

To Stop Misuse of Drug substitute Medicine

-- Centralised platform to manage & monitor patient and medicines[2]
-- Punjab is buying around 1,100 biometric devices and 529 HD web camera for De-addiction & OOAT centers[3]

1. OOAT (Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment) centres[3:1]

Year OOAT Clinics
2020 199
2021 206
2022 528
2023 529
2024[2:1] 590

2. Deaddiction Centers

Total there are 36 government de-addiction centres and 177 private de-addiction centres in the State

Year De-addiction centres
2019[3:2] 141 (including 105 private)
2023[3:3] 213 (including 177 private)
2024[4] 303 (including 90 Rehabilitation Centers[1:1])
  • Budget 2024 document mentions total of 306 Rehabilitation Centers[5]

Modern Deaddiction & Rehabilitation centers[6]

6 de-addiction centers & 8 rehabilitation centers have been identified for development as modern centers[6:1]

A special project to modernize the de-addiction and rehabilitation centers has been envisaged

  • These modern centers will provide not only advanced therapeutic facilities/ therapies
  • Will have a digital infrastructure
  • Will be accredited from the Standard Accreditation Organization

3. Systemic Reforms & Biometric Patient attendance[3:4]

Mis-use of buprenorphine: Pilferage of the substitute medicine is suspected

Centralised platform to manage & monitor patient and medicines[2:2]

  • Patients are administered the combination of buprenorphine — the substitute medicine given for the opioid use disorder
  • To keep a check and ensure it is only administered to registered patients

Biometric Patient attendance

  • The patient will have to mark attendance twice
    • at points of marking their entry to the centre at the time of registration
    • at the dispensation point where buprenorphine will be administered to them

4. NEW Initiatives for De-addiction & Rehabilation

  • Formulating a New Mental health policy to facilitate proper De-addiction & rehabilation[7]
  • Further, a Tele Manas Hub is being established at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH)[5:1]
  • Introduced Yoga & Meditation in deaddiction & rehabilitation centres[7:1]

References:

  1. https://yespunjab.com/cm-mann-seeks-amit-shahs-intervention-for-setting-up-special-ndps-courts-to-check-drug-menace/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-to-roll-out-centralised-system-for-monitoring-drug-de-addiction-treatment/articleshow/116692154.cms ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/de-addiction-patients-biometric-attendance-9474195/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/policy-to-battle-drug-menace-in-punjab-in-works-rehab-priority/ ↩︎

  5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5IjoJJx1PsupDLWapEUsQxo_A3TBQXX/view (Page 15) ↩︎ ↩︎

  6. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=172069 ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-drug-crisis-awareness-crackdown-how-aap-govt-is-pushing-its-twin-track-campaign-9078268/ ↩︎ ↩︎

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