1. Background

Drug addiction and illegal trafficking is a matter of multilateral concern. This problem is not only a problem of a particular place, country or region, but it has been manifested as a collective problem of the world human community. All the countries of the world have not been able to remain untouched by this problem. Since the beginning of the 1960s in Nepal, along with the arrival of the hippie culture, the problem of drug addiction seems to be getting complicated. It is estimated that the number of drug users in Nepal exceeded 50,000 10 years ago, and it can be assumed that this number has increased significantly in recent days due to the current unorganized urbanization, the increase in the influence of organized criminal networks, the expansion of the so-called modernization, etc. This problem is found to be increasing in urban areas such as Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara, Dharan, and especially in the bordering cities of Nepal (India). The tendency of drug abuse and addiction is increasing especially among the youth of the risk group, while the drug users who were limited to the consumption of marijuana, hashish and heroin in the past, in the 1990s With the beginning, drug use has also been started through injection. Due to changes in polydrug use and addiction methods, drug users are becoming infected with dangerous diseases such as malnutrition, anemia, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV AIDS. Overall, H. As the proportion of IV infection is higher among needle users, the possibility of HIV infection by them to the group of drug users, their own family and other people has increased. The problem of drug addiction is also increasing among women in urban areas. As they face social exclusion, they don't inform anyone about this matter.Most of the female drug users use prostitution and drug trading as their means of income to continue their addiction. Therefore, HIV infection is increasing significantly among female drug users and sex workersDifferent studies have shown that. Because they use services such as treatment and rehabilitation to a negligible extent, it is difficult to get enough information and information about them.

Until the late 1960s, drug abuse and trafficking only in some opiate-based cough medicines and antipsychotics. Although it is limited, since the beginning of the 1990s, the abuse of drugs and psychotropic drugs has been increasing among young women. It is seen that drug addiction is increasing due to its easy availability, low cost and long lasting effect. Although the law enforcement agencies are active in preventing and controlling the cultivation and trafficking of illegal marijuana and other drugs, it seems that this problem has not been solved and the problem is getting more and more complicated. The activities of organized gangs involved in illegal drug trafficking seem to be increasing in the border areas. Heroin, which is consumed locally or illegally transported to other countries through Nepal, comes to Nepal through land and air routes. Due to the geographical location of Nepal, which is considered to be the main center of production and transportation of opium, the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent, the international organized gangs are using the land of Nepal as a transit point for illegal trade, and the possibility of doing more in the future seems strong.