Srinagar, Oct 28: The growing menace of drug addiction in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday triggered an intense and emotional debate in the Legislative Assembly, with lawmakers across party lines describing it as a “national crisis” that demands urgent, coordinated action.

BJP MLAs went further, calling it a “terror tactic” sponsored from across the border, while others demanded regulation of private rehabilitation centres, greater accountability from enforcement agencies, and community-led prevention campaigns.

Responding to a question by MLA Surjeet Singh Slathia, the Health Minister Sakina Itoo admitted that while significant steps had been taken in the past year, “the work that should have been done has not happened fully.”

She said the government had operationalised several de-addictio

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