Drug addiction spreads
by Gobind Thukral
Three decades ago we visited the inner Malwa area of Punjab to find out the level of drug addiction. We heard shocking tales of how youth were getting hooked to opium, bhuki and narcotics. Worse, pharmaceutical combinations meant to treat diseases were...
Border Security Force (BSF) expects a large-scale smuggling of heroin into India from Afghanistan via Pakistan. The reason, say BSF officers, is the bumper opium crop in that country and huge money being offered by smugglers to Indian farmers, especially rural women, living in border areas. This...
In a rather belated action, the Punjab Drug Authorities have started issuing notices to drug manufacturers in the state asking them to stop production of all the 294 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs listed by the DCGI in his directive to the state drug controllers.
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Chandigarh, June 22: Punjab Health Minister Lakshmi Kanta Chawla has asked the senior police officers to protect health officials and drug inspectors conducting raids for recovering unauthorised drugs and other intoxicants from chemists and pharmaceutical firms.
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