GS-4HARM REDUCTION VS SUBSTITUTE DEPENDENCY
43 Crore Tablets Later, Punjab's De-Addiction Programme Can't Answer a Basic Question
The 129th Report of the Committee on Government Assurances, tabled in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, has put an official spotlight on whether the state's Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment model is achieving genuine recovery or has quietly become a system of managed, long-term dependency. A Punjab Assembly committee questioned the state's de-addiction strategy after revealing the procurement of 43.44 crore Buprenorphine tablets…
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