Pakistan-sponsored Narco-Terror & Soaring Heroin Addiction Cases Cause Of Worry In J&K

A 42-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch has finally overcome his drug addiction after many years of struggle. The two years of heroin addiction shattered his life and his family. After spending 17 days in ‘Police Rehabilitation Service Centre’ in Eidgah area of Srinagar, he now hopes to rebuild his life.

“I started with consuming alcohol. In 2007, I lost my wife. After her demise, I started consuming alcohol for a few years. One day I went to attend a party in Jammu. I was introduced to heroin there by my friends. They convinced me that the substance would help me to overcome the level of stress I was going through. First they gave me the substance free of cost but after a few months, I started paying to the drug peddlers. Half a gram of heroine would cost me Rs 1500 and I used to take that twice a day. Eventually, I became addicted. I ruined my life and the lives of my young kids, the 42-year-old recalled.

“I was earning good being a government employee; however, my earnings got impacted as I used spend it all buying heroin,” he said.

According to the doctors, nearly 80% of drug users in the valley are addicted to heroin. Good number of all these patients suffer from critical illnesses like Hepatitis B or C.Various methods like injecting the substance, snorting or inhaling are being adopted. Heroine is not only the costliest drug, it not only devastates the abuser but his family too,” said Director, Youth Development and Rehabilitation Centre Srinagar, Dr Muzzafar Khan.

“India doesn’t produce heroin. Heroine is produced in Afghanistan from where it goes to Pakistan. From Pakistan it’s illegally sent to us with the aim to destroy our future generation, many of them are taking treatment from my drug de-addiction centre,” Dr Khan revealed. “Four-five patients walk into the development and rehabilitation centre every day and the drug usage is rampant among youngsters between 17-25 age group, he added.