“Drug crisis killing youths, teenagers in Punjab, grips Himachal”, India Narrative, december 13, 2025
“In the 1900s or a little before, Kullu’s Manikaran valley and Malana—an ancient, landlocked, high-altitude village—found a naturally growing Himalayan plant, cannabis, as the most viable and easy source to produce charas.
Soon, these handmade cannabis concentrates from the resin of live cannabis plants—traditionally known for its potent effects in smoking—started getting bulk demand from across India and also foreign drug markets, bringing easy money to the locals.
With foreign travels reaching out to Kullu-Manali’s unexplored and inaccessible mountains, a strong supply chain to places like Goa, Punjab, and Bombay (now Mumbai) found its way even to the international markets…….”
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