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A dramatic video has surfaced in Punjab of a young man who has been chained to a cot and confined to a room by his parents in order to prevent him from going out and buying drugs.</p>
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&ldquo;He would splurge up to Rs 800 every day to take drugs. He has been addicted to drugs for the last five to six years,&rdquo; his mother said.</p>
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The 23-year-old from a village in the Moga district of Punjab was a daily wage worker. His mother said that after spending his entire earnings on drugs he had started stealing items from the house which he would sell to buy drugs.</p>
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He also resorted to bouts of violence against his parents when they refused to give him money to buy drugs.</p>
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He is now being treated for his addiction and has been chained for the last 8 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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The mother lamented that drugs were easily available within their village and appealed to the government to take strict action to stop the menace.</p>
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Punjab has been facing a drug problem in recent years and Pakistan has been fanning the flames in India&rsquo;s crucial border state by sending narcotics across the border. This is reflected in the several seizures made by the BSF.</p>
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There have also been instances of drugs being delivered through drones from across the border which can only happen with the connivance of Pakistani authorities, according to senior officials.</p>
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