Citation

Somasundaram O, Raghavan DV, Murthy AG. Indian J. Psychiatry 2016; 58(1): 93-96.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Institute of Mental Health, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0019-5545.174396

PMID

26985113

PMCID

PMC4776591

Abstract

Consumption of one or other form of intoxicating substances has been present throughout the history of the world. This article traces such use in the Indian subcontinent, both in North and South India. References to the use of intoxicants are to be found in the Vedas, the Great Epics, and the ancient Tamil literature.

Language: en