Drug addicts found injecting buprenorphine in Maqboolpura

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Amritsar, Updated At : 09:48 AM Jun 27, 2025 IST

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Drug addicts in the Maqboolpura are now trying to take buprenorphine tablets from OOAT centres by way of injecting it in the veins after dissolving it. This came to light when a video went viral on social media.

The Maqboolpura police identified both the youth and booked them under the NDPS Act. Dr Sheetal Singh, ACP (East), said that they were actually injecting buprenorphine after dissolving it. “This is the first of its kind incident,” said the ACP while adding that a probe would be carried out to ascertain how these medicines, provided to registered drug users at government OOAT centres, were being misused. He said it was also being verified from where they had got the tablets.

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