9 Alarming Things You Should Know About Punjab's Drug Crisis

    Since politicians and censors won't let us watch Udta Punjab, share the hell out of this for now.

    1. In 2009, Punjab's average of drug abuse among youth was 51.6%. The national average was 2.8% — 18 times less.

    2. This year, a study by AIIMS found that drugs worth ₹7,500 crore are consumed in Punjab annually.

    3. ₹6,500 crore of this is spent on heroin.

    4. 76% of drug addicts are between the ages of 18-35.

    5. The prevalence of HIV among injection-based drug users in Punjab is 21.10%.

    6. 8.6 lakh people are opioid users. 1,23,414 are heroin-dependent.

    7. 45% of all convicts in Indian jails on drug-related charges are from Punjab.

    8. According to a 2009 survey, 67% of Punjab's rural population was found to have a drug addict per family.

    9. The survey also noted that every third male and every tenth female student has used drugs, and that seven out of 10 college students use some kind of drug.