Srinagar, April 28 -- ByFaisal Kawoosa

The drug crisis in Kashmir has moved far beyond police files and political speeches. It lives inside homes now.

Parents speak about it in hushed voices at wedding gatherings, outside tuition centers, and during late-night phone calls with relatives. Schoolteachers see it in falling attendance and fading concentration. Doctors see it in exhausted faces and damaged bodies.

Every family fears the same possibility: a child who drifts toward substances before anyone notices the signs.

Government campaigns have multiplied in recent years. Public rallies fill community halls. Awareness drives reach colleges and schools. Officials speak about rehabilitation, enforcement, and public cooperation.

Those ef...