detention.184Prevalence of drug abuse along with increase in crime rate places youth at high risk of deviant behavior.185 Knowledge on understanding dynamics of drug use among females is limited. 106. A Drug Court under this Act was established as a policy shift to take reintegration measures instead of punitive action against small scale drug users while reducing the criminal activity associated with drug dependency.186 The delays faced in access to criminal records, lack of case management software, limited legal officers and lack of capacity building programs are challenges faced by the Drug Court.187 cases submitted to Drug Court ‐ under 18 38 male female 24 11 4 4 2012 1 2013 2014 Drug Court Annual report 2012, 2013, and 2014 107. National Drug Agency (NDA) has the mandate to implement the policies related to Drug Act and decrease or eliminate the problem of drug trafficking and addiction in the country by providing treatment and rehabilitation for the drug users and working in coordination with all the stakeholder agencies. Presently there is no treatment center for children and no specific treatment plan for children.188However, NDA takes special measures for children referred to drug treatment and rehabilitation where as they are often put in community rehabilitation program after an Indicative and Dependence Assessment.189 The capacity of the Community Service Center is 250 clients.190 Drug Court order for <18 cases 2013 2014 5 community and rehabilitation treatment and rehabilitation 5 2 1 6 Methadone maintenance Individual treatment Community rehabilitation 10 Drug Court Annual report 2013, and 2014 108. Limited facilities available for rehabilitation and detoxification services make it impractical to accommodate increasing demand for such services. A halfway house is in the process of establishment. NPM’s 2014 visit to the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DTRC) found that that there were 18 males who were under 18 undertaking the program and juvenile girls were accommodated with adult females. 109. In general very few drug users in the country sought intervention or help from a certified treatment centre.191 From 2008 to 2013 a total of 10 children were enrolled in programs conducted by NDA, while 2 children completed community and after care programs.192 The reason for the high relapse rate include lack of treatment plan and a center for children, peer pressure from other Page 26 of 39