A recent Punjab Government forensic lab report revealed that 78 out of 134 samples collected in the past 23 months have shown that most of the deaths were caused by drug overdose, reports India Today on August 27. Amritsar topped the list of drug overdose deaths reported in the past 24 months. According to the figures available with the State Health Department, 15 drug overdose deaths were reported in Amritsar, 11 people died of drug overdose in Hoshiarpur, eight died in Ludhiana, five each in Ferozepur and Jalandhar, and four each in Bathinda and Gurdaspur. Those who died of drug overdose fall in the age group of 18 to 25 years.