Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has rapped the central and the state government authorities on the misuse of oxytocin and directed for measures to regulate the manufacture, import and distribution of drugs liable to misuse.

There is rampant misuse of oxytocin in dairy, agriculture and horticulture and both the state and the central authorities have completely failed to check or curb its menace in the state, the high court observed.