Over past few years Punjab crops have been failing, farmers are getting into debt and losing their farms to loan sharks.
Heroin (from Afghanistan) addiction is high, some figures put it over 50% among young people.
Suicide is common, often from ingesting farming chemicals.
Source with Video from (Britains) Channel 4
[url]http://punjab-spectrum.com/2016/08/11/the-punjabi-farmers-hooked-on-heroin/[/url]
Older sources
[url]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/This-is-how-entire-families-in-Punjab-are-getting-hooked-to-heroin/articleshow/52048443.cms[/url]
[url]http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/60-cotton-crop-lost-punjab-offers-rs-600-cr-relief-package/139217.html[/url] - from last year crop failure
[url]http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/pea-crop-failure-punjab-farmers-claim-many-excluded-from-govts-compensation-list/[/url] - drop failure + farmers debt
Long term effects are unclear. Likely people will try to move away from Punjab and India may face food shortages in future or potential famine if crops continue to fail and farmers continue to lose their farms/get addicted to drugs.
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