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How drug addiction in Punjab is lowering sex drives and pushing up the divorce rate
By Manjeet Sehgal
PUBLISHED: 23:56, 11 January 2014
With reader comments
Pubjab's drug-addict youngsters just can't get no satisfaction. Areas of the state particularly notorious for drug consumption have been witnessing a mercurial rise in the number of divorces, and experts put this trend down to rampant abuse of methamphetamines and hallucinogens, among other drugs. Chandigarh-based sexologist Dr Ambrish Singal confirms as much. "Dependence on drugs is lowering the sex drive of Punjab's youths.The condition is no different in neighbouring Haryana and Chandigarh," he explains before adding on an ominous note: "The menace of drug addiction is eating up the youth."
He explains that drugs bring about a drop in testosterone and estrogen - the hormones essential to a healthy sex drive. In a report released in 2010-11, the Punjab government cited a study conducted by Amritsar's Guru Nanak Dev University to conclude that at least 73.5 per cent of the state's youths aged between 16 and 35 years were confirmed drug addicts.
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