Punjab's Drug Crisis is National, not Seasonal
Srinagar, Sept. 23 -- The Punjab Assembly elections are only a few months away. Once again, political parties have begun treating drugs as the main battleground. Last time, the party now in power promised voters that it would end the drug trade in Punjab within six months. Five years later, Punjab is still sunk in drugs. The same party now points to political and foreign reasons.Is the drug trade only a political issue? Is it only Punjab's problem? Not at all.The drug trade is a worldwide problem. For India it is a national disaster. It needs a national resolve, just as the country launched a nationwide campaign against Naxalism and the affected states worked shoulder to shoulder with the Modi government.Prime Minister Modi has set the go...
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