Alprazolam Latest News
Recently, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine factory manufacturing alprazolam in Valsad under “Operation White Cauldron”.
About Alprazolam
- Alprazolam is a psychotropic substance under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985.
- This drug falls under the benzodiazepines class of drugs, and is a tranquillizing agent used in the treatment of anxiety disorders.
- Benzodiazepines belong to the group of medicines called central nervous system (CNS) depressants, which are medicines that slow down the nervous system.
- It is used to treat anxiety disorders, panic disorders, and anxiety caused by depression.
Key Facts about Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985
- It prohibits any individual from engaging in any activity consisting of the production, cultivation, sale, purchase, transport, storage, and/or consumption of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
Objectives of NDPS Act 1985
- To take measures for preventing, combating, and regulating operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
- To provide for the forfeiture of property derived from or used in, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
- To implement the provisions of the international conventions on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and for all relevant matters.
- To add or omit the list of psychotropic substances.
Source: PIB
Last updated on January, 2026
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