Welcome and Overview

Yano First Hit

From Brown Sugar to Needles

Recovery Warriors Mission

Transit Route Turns Consumer

Seizures and Kingpins

Border Belt User Stories

How the Trade Works

Brown Sugar Dangers

Family and Rehab Support

Community Recovery Model

Nagaland Tribal Law Crackdown

Putting the Crisis in Perspective

The Battle Inside Homes

Closing and Credits

For decades, Northeast India was seen mainly as a corridor for drugs flowing out of Myanmar’s Golden Triangle. That has changed. The transit route is becoming a destination. In this episode of ET Deep Dive, we travel to the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border, speaking to recovering heroin users, anti-drug volunteers and communities confronting a crisis that is quietly tearing families apart. From schoolchildren drawn into addiction to tribal justice systems stepping in where institutions struggle, this is a story of shifting narcotics networks, broken lives, and remarkable resilience. The battle against drugs is no longer only at the border— it is inside homes.
Shantanu Nandan Sharma reports, Anirban Chowdhury narrates for audio.

<p>For decades, Northeast India was seen mainly as a corridor for drugs flowing out of Myanmar&rsquo;s Golden Triangle. That has changed. The transit route is becoming a destination. In this episode of ET Deep Dive, we travel to the Assam&ndash;Arunachal Pradesh border, speaking to recovering heroin users, anti-drug volunteers and communities confronting a crisis that is quietly tearing families apart. From schoolchildren drawn into addiction to tribal justice systems stepping in where institutions struggle, this is a story of shifting narcotics networks, broken lives, and remarkable resilience. The battle against drugs is no longer only at the border&mdash; it is inside homes.<br>Shantanu Nandan Sharma reports, Anirban Chowdhury narrates for audio.</p>

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