The argument for and against the partial legalisation of narcotics

While most states are reluctant to take illicit drug trade head on, some like Sikkim are flirting with partial legitimacy, others like Punjab are coming down hard

A massive haul of drugs from a government official’s family in Lucknow considerably surprised the Narcotics Control Bureau officials last week. The consignments had been coming from overseas, not through the drug peddlers jumping hoops over airport security, but as regular packages ordered through courier services by someone without any previous criminal records. The payment method was even more surprising--bitcoins. 

“The entire method is so simple yet elaborate, it touched none of our checkpoints,” said a serving police officer who deals with narcotics-related cases. 

The level of risk is rising in India’s non-border states. The United States Treasury run Financial