Substance use or alcohol use were not a much concerned category in a far away district town 126 k.m away from state capital, Kolkata.

But the 2 drug de-addiction ceners those have a provision for a institutional therapy in such a rural Indian district remains almost full through out the year, here in Midnapore.

Here is a repressentation of a present scenario in those 2 drug deaddiction center namely UTTARAN meaning upliftment, and JANANI meaning motherly care, during the period march2008- feb09.

There patterns and profile are analysed to make a comparism in some other situation in other parts of the world.

All patients admitted in those 2 Drug-deaddiction centere were analysed trough their records & there were 2 visits to longitudinaly analyse the persons there in 1.1.09.There were 134 patients in 1st center & 122 patient's turn over in the 2nd center. There were mainly male persons in the age range of 22-56 years with a median age of 39 years. Alcohol use detained patients were majority(>64%), followed by Marijuana smokers(5%), and heroine addicted patient(>10%), followed by medicinal coughsyrup, glue, & benzodiazepin like nitrazepam.

There were co-morbid other Psychiatric illness like BPMD, hypomaniac, or depressive disorders, and Personality disorders, like Borderline personality Disorder & Asocial personality disorder.

There were divorce in 4% cases, jobless in >65% case. and their period of stay remains 3 weeks to 8weeks usually.

Recovery, or refraining from drug/alcohol after 3 monthhs is over 60%.

Treatment in Institutional-setting do the best &should present evrywhere.