AIZAWL: (*19*) the deaths of 19 individuals as a consequence of drug abuse during the last two months, regulation enforcement officers are apprehensive that such deaths this yr might exceed final yr’s 43.
“The deaths of 19 people due to drug abuse in January and February is alarming. At this rate, we may possibly witness the highest number of drug-related deaths in recent times,” an official of the Mizoram excise and narcotic division mentioned. As many as 43 individuals, together with six ladies, died as a consequence of drug abuse final yr, 4 lower than the earlier yr’s document of 47.