Report by:Mir Arif
Kupwara:Kupwara being a border district and given the lack of adequate educational opportunities and job opportunities in Kupwara, the idle youth are being unfortunately attracted to drugs which is growing into a big menace.
It has spread its roots and branches slowly and steadily in the area due to many factors. Large population of unemployed youth, improperly educated, economically backward, easily impressionable, with false sense of adulthood, geographical location of Kupwara close to border prone to smuggling, large underground network of suppliers, ‘parcel system of smuggling’, corrupt practices by few officials, network of funding by anti national and anti social elements and lack of awareness, counselling, rehabilitation system.