{"id":374210,"date":"2023-04-01T11:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T09:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=374210"},"modified":"2023-04-01T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T16:28:52","slug":"unemployment-poverty-fuel-drug-use-in-conflict-wracked-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/other-news\/2023-04-01\/unemployment-poverty-fuel-drug-use-in-conflict-wracked-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment, poverty fuel drug use in conflict-wracked Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Shah Abbas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"media-content-img\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar, India, Apr 1 (EFE).- After over three decades of a deadly armed conflict ravaging the idyllic Indian Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory is now confronting another, arguably more lethal, crisis: rampant drug addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A government study says the Muslim-majority region of 12.5 million inhabitants has nearly one million drug abusers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, activists say the figure could be higher, attributing the spike to persistent poverty, unemployment, and decades of political and armed conflict that has left few families unscathed in the region disputed between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central government informed the parliament recently that there are nearly one million drug addicts in Kashmir, using cannabis, cocaine, opioid, sedatives, amphetamine-type stimulants, and hallucinogens.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1024x713.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374651\" width=\"657\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1024x713.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-768x534.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1536x1069.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-411x286.jpeg 411w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6-1200x835.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-6.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A man sits on a bench inside at a drug rehabilitation center in Srinagar, India, 13 October 2020. EFE-EPA\/FILE\/FAROOQ KHAN<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A police officer told EFE that most Kashmiri drug addicts are between 17 and 33 years of age, which is a cause of deep concern for the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer refused to give his name because he was not authorized to talk to the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the drug addiction had sparked a crime spike, recalling how an addicted son in a north Kashmir village allegedly killed his mother recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masroor Hassan, a doctor at the only psychiatric hospital in Srinagar city, told EFE that unemployment and poverty were the top causes of drug abuse rise in Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs unemployment soars, so does drug abuse,\u201d Hassan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the unemployment situation appears to be getting worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), an independent think-tank that monitors monthly unemployment in India, the employment rate at 23.1 was the third highest after Haryana (26.8) and Rajasthan (26.4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An activist working at a rehab center told EFE that an unending political uncertainty and the perpetual presence of armed forces were causing anxiety among youth in the highly-militarized region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Himalayan territory, split between India and Pakistan, has been at the center of more than 70 years of an unending territorial dispute between the two South Asian nuclear powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The never-ending exposure to violence or its forms in one of the most-heavily militarized conflict regions \u201cleads the youth to the use of contraband substances,\u201d the activist said, adding such drugs are \u201ceasily available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, authorities accuse Pakistan of smuggling drugs into Kashmir to \u201cdestroy the young generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government and several non-profits have taken several measures, including awareness campaigns, rehabilitation programs, and crackdowns on drug peddlers to combat the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has set up ten addiction treatment facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last nearly seven years, the leading rehabilitation facility in Srinagar has witnessed a 3000 percent increase in patients seeking treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are ourselves frustrated to see the plight of the youngsters,\u201d Kowsar Jan, a doctor at the center, told EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An EFE correspondent met at least three drug users at the rehabilitation center during a counseling session. However, they refused to talk in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a charming and healthy youth only a year ago,\u201d said Tariq, revealing only his first name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another boy sitting near Tariq refused to reveal his identity. \u201cOnce you fall into this dirty world, there is no exit,\u201d he said. EFE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sa-ssk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shah Abbas Srinagar, India, Apr 1 (EFE).- After over three decades of a deadly armed conflict ravaging the idyllic Indian Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory is now confronting another, arguably more lethal, crisis: rampant drug addiction. A government study says the Muslim-majority region of 12.5 million inhabitants has nearly one million drug abusers. 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