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A minister, a dead father, and a Punjab story: How drugs ‘broke’ Gulzar Singh

September 10, 2026 4:12 am

A family recounts fight with 26-yr-old’s drug addiction, and what proved to be the last straw for his father, a farm labourer who confronted state Minister Cheema

Data with the police reveal that “1,138 drug-dependent persons were identified and guided for treatment in Sirsa, Dabwali and Fatehabad during the latest campaign period alone, compared to 763 in the preceding 45 days—an increase of 375 people moved away from overdose risk toward supervised detoxification and counselling.” (Representational)

8 drug addicts escape from Govt de-addiction centre in Punjab's Sangrur

July 23, 2025 3:15 pm

According to the Punjab Police, the inmates of Sangrur de-addiction centre reportedly assaulted the on-duty staff with steel plates during dinner time and fled the facility.

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As lockdown snaps drug supply in Punjab, several rush to de-addiction centre for help

April 04, 2020 12:00 pm

"There has been a steep increase in the number of patients since they are unable to get their supply of drugs due to the lockdown," Dr Sandeep Bhola, who is in charge of the centre, said.

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Punjab govt kickstarts new OPD-based project for treatment of drug addicts

October 27, 2017 2:03 am

Punjab health department says the model has been started initially in Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Moga districts of the state. OOAT model was suggested by an American drug therapist and consultant, Dr Kanwar Ajit Singh Sidhu.

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Punjab drugs: At Ground Zero, behind each door, a broken home

June 08, 2016 4:01 pm

In this comic strip lies the tragedy of Boot — the “village of drug addicts”, with 47 FIRs registered under the NDPS Act in 2014, the most from a single village, according to records accessed by The Indian Express under the RTI Act from 14 of 28 police districts in Punjab.