Young people in Sudurpaschim Province are increasingly cottoning to narcotics

The number of drug-related arrests in five months of the ongoing fiscal year has surpassed last fiscal year’s total for the province, according to police data. The number of abusers in rural areas is higher than those in urban centres.

One day some three months ago, a 14-year-old boy from Krishnapur Municipality-2 in Kanchanpur was found lying unconscious in his room. His family members rushed him to the local health post but it was too late. He was declared dead.