The enforcement agencies in the country have failed to deal effectively with drug peril and thus has not achieved desired outcome. With the exception of the Narcotics Control Bureau all other agencies like the Customs; Central excise; Department of Revenue Intelligence; Police etc have drug law enforcement as an additional responsibility. The existing webs of agencies are facing several problems which hampers their efficiency and effectiveness viz.; the shortage of staff; lack of co-ordination and sharing of sensitive information; inter-departmental transfers; procedural irregularities committed by the enforcement officials pertaining to the ignorance of the provisions of the NDPS act, constituting one of the prime reasons for the observance
