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Why Punjab’s war on drugs remains a challenge
Punjab’s war against drugs has become a daily battle between enforcement and empathy, recovery and relapse. Despite a statewide campaign, the focus, experts say, is still on punishment rather than treatment
Under the Punjab government’s ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ , between March and October, over 23,000 FIRs have been registered. Still, experts feel, the challenges are only mounting. tribune photo
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