Drug seizures by Indian authorities show a significant increase in drug smuggling and usage in the country. DW explores why more Indian youth are falling into substance abuse.
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00:00The increasing interest in ice in Pakistan is very common in our young generation, and
00:23we see that when it comes to ice, there is a stigma attached to it that people do not
00:28get treatment for it because it is different from other drugs and its feelings are different.
00:33Ice addiction is also increasing in Pakistan because the drug of choice, which was heroin
00:38or cannabis, is now going towards ice.
00:41Why is it going?
00:42Because the young generation needs energetic drugs.
00:45They want to do drugs that are included in the list of party drugs.
00:51Sir, I drink ice.
00:58I have been drinking ice for three years.
01:03This ice is like a grain of sugarcane.
01:07It is like ice.
01:08It is like ice.
01:09You get it in a box for one gram.
01:11It is 2000 grams, 1800 grams, 1500 grams.
01:14You get it in a box for one gram.
01:21You get it in a box for one gram.
01:28You get it in a box for one gram.
01:35You get it in a box for one gram.
01:42You get it in a box for one gram.
01:47You get it in a box for one gram.
01:52You get it in a box for one gram.
01:57You get it in a box for one gram.
02:02You get it in a box for one gram.
02:07You get it in a box for one gram.
02:10I started taking drugs after a while.
02:14When they told me about ice, I started taking ice.
02:18I was so addicted to ice that I forgot my family.
02:23My mental balance started to get out.
02:29So my family got me admitted to Siddharth Akhtar Foundation.
02:33I have been here for four months now.
02:36I am much better now.
02:39I will never do this again.
02:44I will tell my friends not to do this again.