While expressing serious concern over the media reports about steep rise in drug addiction in Kashmir, CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami today appealed the society as whole to wake up from slumber to counter this menace which is destroying our young generation.
“Kashmir has been through the three decades of turmoil thatresulted in increase in psychosocial disturbances. According to experts mostnumbers of drug addiction cases belong to a very young generation which is notonly unfortunate, but disastrous for the society,” Tarigami said in astatement. The grim picture of drug abuse in the Kashmir has put a lot ofchallenges for the people of the valley in general and for Government agencies,Non-Governmental Organisations in particular. The biggest challenge is theillegal trafficking and sale of drugs within the valley to which police andcivil society have an important role to play.