Kashmir has been witnessing a sharp and shocking increase in Heroin abuse, the trends getting reflected in the records of the largest De-Addiction Center at SMHS Hospital: Between 2019 and the end of 2021, there was a 340 percent increase in the number of patients seeking treatment for Intravenous Heroin abuse. Psychiatrists working in SMHS Hospital said the fact that a large number, running into many thousands, is a monthly affair at the Hospital’s De-Addiction Center. Every day, distraught families accompanying their loved ones suffering substance abuse visit the hospital…
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