Open AccessDrug abuse: Uncovering the burden in rural Punjab
Author(s) -
Bhuwan Sharma,
Anjali Arora,
Kanwaljit Singh,
Harinder Singh,
Prabhjot Kaur
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.222037
Subject(s) - medicine , functional illiteracy , substance abuse , heroin , psychiatry , addiction , environmental health , drug , cross sectional study , demography , pathology , sociology , political science , law
Drug abuse is a global phenomenon, affecting almost every country, but its extent and characteristics differ from region to region. India too is caught in this vicious circle of drug abuse, and the numbers of drug addicts are increasing day by day. The bane of drug abuse in Punjab has acquired the proportions of a pestilence that has shaken the entire society in the state. It is observed that in Punjab "drug abuse" is a raging epidemic, especially among the young.