JAMMU, Mar 28: There are nearly 10 lakh drug addicts in Jammu and Kashmir as per the National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment through National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi.This has been revealed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Lok Sabha in response to a question of National Conference Member of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi, who had sought details of total number of suspected drug-addicts in Jammu and Kashmir and the total number of Addiction Treatment Facilities, De-addiction Centres and Rehabilitation Centres in the Union Territory.The Ministry, while pointing towards the survey, informed the Parliament that estimated 108000 males and 36000 females were found using Cannabis in Jammu and Kashmir while as 534000 males and 8000 females were found in the dragnet of Opioids and 160000 males and 8000 females were found using sedatives of different kinds.
