The phenomenon of drug addiction has been existing in the society since times immemorial but in the recent years it has taken the shape of an epidemic which has affected the entire social structure and become one of the most heinous and sinister problems that has had serious consequences in terms of the functionality of social order. In the contemporary societies drug addiction is seen as an asylum from the complexities of lives which manifest in the form of stress, strain and frustration which is an outcome of various sociological phenomena like unemployment, weakening of social...