Drug Abuse
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635Opioid use on rise in JK, heroin mostly abused drug: Doctors
‘1,68,700 drug abusers minors; 11,80,000 adults; average monthly expenditure of opioid user around Rs90,000’ Srinagar: The prevalence of opioid use in Jammu...
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72 drug peddlers arrested, assets worth Rs 80 lakh seized in Bandipora this year so far: Police
Bandipora: Police in Bandipora have arrested 72 drug peddlers and registered 58 cases while assets worth Rs 80 lakh were seized this...
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1.68 lakh minors among 13.5 drug users in JK: Parliamentary panel
Srinagar: Around 13.5 lakh people in Jammu and Kashmir consume drugs, with over 5 lakh addicts using opioids, a parliament panel report...
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Kashmir’s war on drugs has a new front: Women Vigilantes
As the shadow of addiction looms large, a vigilant group of homemakers strive against the relentless drug abuse. These women police the...
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Religious scholars need to play role in curbing substance abuse: Div Com Kashmir
Directs preventive detention of drug traffickers, counseling for others Srinagar: Let us collectively employ our efforts and resources to eradicate the substance...
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In Kashmir, ‘Messi’ is mourning ‘Ronaldo’ after a big loss
Usually seen dabbling with his football in the alleys, his friends saw less of him each passing day. Danish Rafiq leaves his...
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Kashmir in drug net: The two friends who cure, not criminalise, addicts
In past five years, two college friends have helped 150 addicts to shun drugs and it is these people who now work...
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Kashmir in drug net: Dark visitors of an abandoned house
Amid crackdown on Drug-Mafia, a medico’s shocking update on Kashmir’s ‘epidemic of drug abuse’ has only questioned the community complacency on the...
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South Kashmir sees spurt in number of drug abusers
Srinagar: In a worrying trend, south Kashmir districts are seeing a fresh spurt in the number of drug addicts while fewer drug...
