N, a 24-year-old from #Srinagar, spoke with
@MinhajMasoodi & @zakia_qurashi on the toll of rising heroin addiction & relapses on # Kashmir's youth, made worse by easy access to the drug. "It's easier to get heroin than cigarettes here." 1/n article-14.com/post/in-kashmi…
@MinhajMasoodi & @zakia_qurashi on the toll of rising heroin addiction & relapses on # Kashmir's youth, made worse by easy access to the drug. "It's easier to get heroin than cigarettes here." 1/n article-14.com/post/in-kashmi…
Sharing a story of the devastation wrought by the drug, N recalled how his friend took a shot of heroin and then attended his father's funeral prayers. "A man's father has died, and the first thing he does is to take a dose of heroin." 2/n
"I had a terrible craving. My whole body was in pain...I called my friends & they told me to do it again to relieve myself of withdrawal symptoms." N, who has relapsed 6 times & seen his friends "slowly eaten away by heroin", said "nobody takes action" to limit access. 3/n
“The hard work I had done to keep myself away from drugs was a waste. Relapsing became frequent. This whole exercise became a perpetual cycle,” N says about his struggle with de-addiction. 4/n
Recalling leaving a family wedding & going to find a heroin dealer in Budgam, N said, "I started trembling...I took my car and drove 50 km away to buy just two gm of heroin...These drugs have destroyed an entire generation." 5/n
With tears rolling down his face, N said, “A few years ago, I did something notable, and I was interviewed by one of the newspapers and praised by everyone. Now, I am being interviewed, but as a drug addict. What have I done with my life?” 6/n
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