Drug addiction in Kashmir seems to be spiralling out of control, with the Valley administration on Saturday conceding that the number of addicts has tripled in the last three years. ADVERTISEMENTKashmir's divisional commissioner Anshul Garg on Saturday said drug addiction had become a huge problem for the region, with the consumption of heroin rising among the youths. "In the last three or three and a half years, we have seen the problem multiplying three times (in Kashmir). The divisional commissioner said a massive drug de-addiction campaign was underway in Jammu and Kashmir and the chief secretary was monitoring it. Many in Kashmir believe that the Union Territory was following in the footsteps of Punjab, where drug addiction has spread like a pandemic.

Source: The Telegraph January 04, 2026 01:35 UTC