Drug Abuse Amomg Women In Punjab

Drug abuse in documentaries has been shown among men only and that’s half truth. The spread of the problem to women has not been focused upon quite as much.

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Hermitage, a rehab especially for women in Amritsar reported increasing incidence of drug abuse by women, it’s slowly coming out. And as with other problems affecting women, it’s layered over with stigma and denial. A rehab centre for women in Amritsar was built and found that the number of women drug addicts is rising more alarmingly when compared to men. They come from all sections of society: rich and poor, educated and uneducated, first generation drug abusers as well as second, liberal as well as conservative family backgrounds. They fall into 18-40 age group.