Role of Rehabilitation Center to Reduce Drug Addiction in Nepal : A Case Study of Different Rehabilitation Centers in Biratnagar Metropolitan City

Drug abuse as a term used to indicate the excessive use of a drug, regardless of whether an individual has reached the point of true dependence on it, or not. This study is mainly concerned with the role of three rehabilitation centers located at Biratnagar Metropolitan City to reduce or control the use of drug. This study explores the facts that rehabilitation centers help to enhance to increase the self confidence among the drug abusers and enable them to dislike drugs, to create public awareness in the society via various programmes showing the ill-effects of the drugs. It helps to decrease the criminal activities caused by drug addiction, to decrease the consumption of the drugs by the users and also to control the import and export of drugs. It gives treatment to the drug abusers and rehabilitates them in the family and society, to initiate them in income generating programmes and make them independent. Moreover, it also creates awareness about the diseases caused by the use of drugs and to save them from early death.