"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.

?Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zurad Japaridze interviewed by reporters after the police operation at his party?s offices. Until recently, anyone caught with cannabis twice in 12 months in Georgia faced up to 14 years behind bars. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police take away cannabis plants from Girchi?s offices during a drugs bust. Photograph: Nelson GeorgeDespite the court ruling Girchi still faces stiff opposition, not only from the ruling centre-left Georgian Dream coalition, which vehemently contests liberal ideas, but also the Orthodox church. Photograph: Nelson GeorgeJaparidze argues that smoking cannabis is not only a human right, it?s also an answer to his homeland?s financial woes ? in the final quarter of 2016 the economy grew by just 2.3%.

?These results are a monumental leap forward in pancreatic cancer treatment. The ESPAC-4 (European study group for pancreatic cancer) trial involved 732 patients from 92 hospitals in England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France and Sweden. Cancer campaigners are hailing a ?monumental leap forward? in pancreatic cancer treatment after a new drug trial significantly extended survival from what is the most lethal form of the disease. ?This is one of the biggest ever breakthroughs prolonging survival for pancreatic cancer patients,? said Prof John Neoptolemos of Liverpool University, who lead the team of researchers. Meanwhile, separate research has also brought good news about lung cancer, which has the second worst survival rates among the commonest forms of cancer.