Is Punjab the Most Drug-Affected State?
A few of the recently published data say so...
75% of the youth in Punjab has consumed drugs
1/3 students are drug addicts.
65 % of all families in Punjab could be on the verge of drug addiction.
30 % of all jail inmates in the states have been imprisoned for drug related crimes.
17 of the 98 private de-addiction centres are only duly registered.
15-35 years is age group from to which majority of the addicts belong.
60% of all illicit drugs confiscated in India are seized in Punjab.
120 pound of heroine intended to for smack-addled voters were confiscated by the Narcotics Control Bureau and Border Security Force during the January state assembly elections.
10 drug related crimes are conducted in Punjab for every drug-related crime in other states according to National Crime Records Bureau.
10% of the female and 33% of the male students have consumed drugs.
7 out of 10 college-going students abuse one or the other drug.
67 per cent of Punjab’s rural household has at least one drug addict.
From the August 2012 issue of FHM India.
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