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Kerala’s drug crisis: ‘God’s Own Country to ‘Ganja’s Own Hub’. Coastal trafficking, rapid spread and rising NDPS cases, explained

Anurag - 13 October, 2025

Once celebrated for progress and education, Kerala now tops India in NDPS cases. From dark web peddlers to hydroponic cannabis seizures, the state faces a growing drug emergency that threatens its youth and communities.

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Fed up over wife’s Instagram reels ‘addiction’, Karnataka man dies by suicide

ANI - 16 February, 2024

According to the police, Kumar, a daily wage worker, was annoyed with his wife, constantly glued to social media platforms where she often made and uploaded reels.

News Reports

‘He is a saviour. He is anti-drugs’: Narrative to protect Amritpal Singh and its similarities with attempts to shield Bhindranwale’s Khalistan movement

OpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2023

Amritpal Singh aped Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in picking up the pervasive drugs menace and amassing a following in Punjab.

News Reports

UP: Gaming addict married woman runs away to be with her PUBG lover

OpIndia Staff - 17 March, 2022

A married woman from UP's Maharajganj had runaway to Bihar, to meet her new love found online while playing PUBG.

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‘Imran Khan mere samne cocaine ka nasha karta tha’: Former Pakistan cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz’s shocking revelation

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2020

Sarfaraz Nawaz has stated that he has seen Imran Khan snorting cocaine and the current Pakistan PM's drug habits were rather well known.

Molested the child, did not know what sexuality is: Video where Anurag Kashyap accepted harassing and molesting a kid as a teenager goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2020

A clip of Anurag Kashyap has surfaced in which he is admitting to molesting and abusing a child when he was a teenager

News Reports

From Ranbir Kapoor to Sanjay Dutt to Gauri Khan: The celebrities who flew ‘high’ and have battled drug addiction

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2020

Many Bollywood celebrities have confessed they had a drug problem at some point in their lives, some even went to jail for the same

Crime

Karnataka: 21-year-old son beheads father for stopping him from playing PUBG

OpIndia Staff - 10 September, 2019

This is not the first incidence where the addiction to PUBG has turned fatal.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Three-year-old kid addicted to ‘Motu Patlu’ and ‘Doraemon’ on phone, to get counselling for mobile addiction

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2019

In last two months alone Mann Kaksh has received 39 cases of children addicted to mobile phones, most of them belonging to the age group of 10 to 18 years, growing up in a virtual world of social media and video games.

Crime

Maharashtra: Mohammad Shaikh killed by 15-year-old brother for scolding him over playing PUBG game

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2019

Addiction to PUBG has been highlighted in many instances before

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