# Punjab supplied 43.44 crore buprenorphine tablets in 4.5 years 2026-08-06T14:50:28+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Punjab purchased about 43.44 crore buprenorphine tablets over the past four-and-a-half years for government opioid treatment clinics, a report tabled in the state Assembly said. The number of registered patients has risen from nearly two lakh in 2022 to 3.17 lakh, with 13.55 crore monthly revisits recorded till June. Prison use has also climbed sharply. Jail clinics registered 40,830 prisoners, while tablet supplies to prisons rose from 1.17 crore in 2022 to 8.87 crore this year. The state now has about 5,000 free treatment beds, up from earlier capacity, and monthly admissions have reached as high as 3,400. Officials acknowledged shortages of counselling and rehabilitation facilities. The committee also reported deaths linked to tablets being dissolved and injected. ## Coverage - newindianexpress.com Tags: buprenorphine, drug de-addiction, prisons, public health, Punjab Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/punjab-supplied-43-44-crore-buprenorphine-tablets-in-4-5-years/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/punjab-supplied-43-44-crore-buprenorphine-tablets-in-4-5-years/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.