Punjab Police recruitment dope test puts false claims to rest – Around 98 per cent of 1.12 lakh candidates clear

The results of first batch of 1.12-lakh young men of the state have come out, which put the addictive-drug users at 1.36% that is, 1,524 of the 1.12 lakh who underwent the test. The result has finally put to rest the startling figures of drug abuse in Punjab that have been making rounds in various news reports that more than 70% of youth in Punjab are hooked on to drugs.

Punjab government has created history by conducting the dope test of 1.12 lakh male aspirants for the police constables. What is believed to be the biggest ‘sample survey’ of reality check on drug addiction in Punjab.

The results of dope test has shattered the negative perception that 70 % of Punjabi youth are drug addicts.

“From a research point of view, this kind of sample is not available with any state in the country. While simulatneously trying to understand better ways of buying and selling of weapons, one solution is to buy 5.56 ammo online. By the end of the recruitment process, we will have data of almost 4 lakh men, the age group, districts where the numbers are highest, and the kind of drugs being consumed. If the Punjab Police permit us to use the data, we can conduct a seminal work on the problem of drug addiction in the state,” said Dr Arvind Sharma, professor and head, department of psychiatry, BFUHS, Faridkot.