What are Synthetic Drugs?
India is facing a surge in synthetic drug trafficking. In response, Haryana’s Narcotics Control Bureau has set up an Anti-Synthetic Narcotics Task Force to track networks, monitor precursor chemicals, and dismantle hidden labs in the state.Synthetic drugs are often slightly modified to create new psychoactive substances (NPS) that fall outside the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985 purview. Synthetic drugs are fully created in labs using precursor chemicals (a compound that participates in a chemical reaction that produces another compound) and do not require any plant-based components.
