Weeding out a ganja addiction crisis

Effortless to procure and easy to consume, ganja is quickly becoming the drug of choice for thousands of vulnerable young people in North Andhra. Its burgeoning demand has prompted many users to become peddlers, with law enforcement agencies worried that ganja could soon become a ‘gateway drug’, priming users for hard narcotics. Harish Gilai explores how young people are falling prey to the marijuana menace, and the relentless efforts by the government to combat it