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Introduction to the Department of Narcotics Control


The use of drugs is very ancient in the socio-economic, cultural and historical context of Bangladesh. The British East India Company started the first opium cultivation and opium trade in India in their commercial interest and issued a decree and appointed some officers for this purpose. The British made a lot of money by producing opium in India, exporting it to other parts of the world, including China, and opening opium shops in that country. The collection of revenue from cannabis and alcohol was then started and in 1909 the Bengal Excise Act and the Bengal Excise Department were established. In addition to opium, alcohol and marijuana, the government enacted The Dagerous Drugs Act-1930 in 1930 when various types of drugs made from opium and cocaine were spread. Similarly, the government enacted The Opium Smoking Act-1939 in 1932 to control opium consumption. The Prohibition Rules-1950 for the control of alcohol for Muslims after the establishment of the government of Pakistan in 1947.Is created. The Opium Sales Rules-1957 were enacted in 1957 during the Pakistan period. Then in the sixties the Bengal Excise Department was renamed as Excise and Taxation and placed under the Ministry of Finance. After the rise of Bangladesh through the Great War of Liberation, the Excise and Taxation Department was reorganized in 1976 and placed under the National Board of Revenue under the Directorate of Narcotics and Liquor. In 1982, the production and marketing of codeine-mixed cough syrups, some alcoholic health tonics, tablets, syrups, etc. were banned. Opium and resuscitation were banned in 1984, cannabis cultivation was stopped in 1987, and all cannabis shops were closed in 1989. Until 1989, the main objective of the Directorate of Narcotics and Liquor was to collect revenue from drugs produced in the country. Drug abuse and illicit trafficking increased alarmingly around the world in the 1980s.The Drug Control Ordinance, 1989 was issued in late 1989 for rehabilitation. Subsequently, the Narcotics Control Act, 1990 was enacted on January 2, 1990, and the Narcotics and Liquor was replaced in the same year by the Department of Narcotics Control under the Secretariat of the then President. On 9 September 1991, the department was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Department of Narcotics Control under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Planning and implementation of preventive measures to control the flow of illicit drugs in the country, import, transportation and use of drugs subject to collection of legal drugs used in other pharmaceutical industries, proper testing of drugs, ensuring treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts. -The main responsibility of the Department of Counter Narcotics is to establish national and international relations through building relationships.