Kashmir battles alarming drug addiction crisis

2023-06-05 07:16

Experts say drug abuse is devastating the lives of young people in the conflict-hit region.

On a rainy morning in May, dozens of young men queued outside a drug de-addiction centre in Srinagar city in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Many of them were teens accompanied by their parents, waiting for their turn to receive medicines from the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS...