Why has India`s Punjab fallen into the grip of drug abuse?

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"Punjab`s drugs epidemicIndia court overrules cuts to filmStraight Life: India`s recovering drug addictsManjit, 28, died in June last year because of a drug overdose. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Border security officials routinely seize drugs near India`s border with PakistanBut why are its youth so susceptible? Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hundreds of rehab centres have opened across Punjab"Heroin, synthetic drugs - you name it, I`ve done it all. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mukhtiar Singh wants Mr Modi to form a policy against drug abuseThe inmates come from a variety of backgrounds. The BBC`s Sanjoy Majumder travelled there to find out why one of India`s most prosperous states is in danger of losing an entire generation to drug abuse.