How India became a methamphetamine and cocaine hub

Guardian Nigeria

Drug seizures by Indian authorities show a significant increase in drug smuggling and usage in the country. DW explores why more Indian youth are falling into substance abuse.

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00:00The increasing interest in ice in Pakistan is very common in our young generation, and

00:23we see that when it comes to ice, there is a stigma attached to it that people do not

00:28get treatment for it because it is different from other drugs and its feelings are different.

00:33Ice addiction is also increasing in Pakistan because the drug of choice, which was heroin

00:38or cannabis, is now going towards ice.

00:41Why is it going?

00:42Because the young generation needs energetic drugs.

00:45They want to do drugs that are included in the list of party drugs.

00:51Sir, I drink ice.

00:58I have been drinking ice for three years.

01:03This ice is like a grain of sugarcane.

01:07It is like ice.

01:08It is like ice.

01:09You get it in a box for one gram.

01:11It is 2000 grams, 1800 grams, 1500 grams.

01:14You get it in a box for one gram.

01:21You get it in a box for one gram.

01:28You get it in a box for one gram.

01:35You get it in a box for one gram.

01:42You get it in a box for one gram.

01:47You get it in a box for one gram.

01:52You get it in a box for one gram.

01:57You get it in a box for one gram.

02:02You get it in a box for one gram.

02:07You get it in a box for one gram.

02:10I started taking drugs after a while.

02:14When they told me about ice, I started taking ice.

02:18I was so addicted to ice that I forgot my family.

02:23My mental balance started to get out.

02:29So my family got me admitted to Siddharth Akhtar Foundation.

02:33I have been here for four months now.

02:36I am much better now.

02:39I will never do this again.

02:44I will tell my friends not to do this again.

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