Dr Gandhi to move Bill to legalise recreational drugs

"To treat drug addicts as a patients and not criminals," is hall mark of the NDPS amendment bill
Times of India (India)
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

dharamvira-ghandiPatiala MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi said that he was working on an amendment to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act 1985 of India to legalize common recreational drugs. The draft of the bill has been prepared by a group of Delhi based lawyers and professionals and discussions will be held among various politicians, lawyers, psychiatrists, academicians, social activists, drug users, religious leaders and media personalities this weekend to elicit their opinions and give it a final shape. (See also: Gandhi blames NDPS Act for state’s drug menace)