• CHRISTINA EZUNG
• DR. Rajvinder Kaur

Drug addiction is a serious problem in Punjab and is sweeping like an epidemic all over the state. It is one of the biggest problems the youths in Punjab are facing. Drug addiction has been affecting the health and lives of an individual which also undermines the social, political and cultural foundation of the state seriously. Drug dependency causes a number of serious problems in the society in terms of productivity, transmission of infectious diseases, high crime rate and violence. The UN report over 1 million heroin addicts are registered in India. Adolescents above the age of 11 to 35 years are reported to have been caught in activities of drugs. A high prevalence of heroin abusers has also been noted. Drug abuse is in such a rampage that it is in the midst of unemployment. The psychological effects caused by drugs create such a chaos in the society that it leads to massive increase of violence in household such as self-harming, depression, psychosis, withdrawal symptoms etc. This is anti-behavioral in a society. Drug abuse has globally affected almost every country in the world, but its characteristics differ from country to country. India too is trapped in the circle of drug abuse, and the numbers of drug addicts are increasing every day. Drug abuses affecting the youths have shaken the entire society in a state. It has been presumed that drug abuse in Punjab is racing like an epidemic among the young. The young generation has involved themselves into substance abuse, which is assumed to be in an alarming rate in India. The cultural values and increasing economic stress are some of the major factors that excess the use of substance. Cannabis, Heroin, Opium, etc. are the most commonly abusive drugs in India apart from alcohol and tobacco. Drug abusers among the youths are predominantly male. Punjab as a sacred portion of India has a rich history of ancient land that has given its people a feeling of native pride.

drug abuse, cannabis, opium, heroin

"Drug Abuse in Punjab", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.544-555, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904882.pdf

"Drug Abuse in Punjab", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp544-555, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904882.pdf