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''' DRUGS -DONS- DUPES '''
*STUDENT - TEENAGED* ALI DAUD lies motionless among the group of addicts. He seems just about a very dark shadow. I look again:
His
sunken green eyes, dishevelled hair and slender frame going tiny,
confirm that this handsome little student is already a shadow of the
past and darkening shadow of himself.
He
occasionally stirs ,.... raises his head and squints at passers-by and
the traffic on the overhead bridge. After a while, he drags himself
up and totters to a nearby lane to get hold of even more drugs.
*Proud Pakistan* : All these happenings and nightmares....under a flyover on the bank of a drain in Hayatabad, Peshawar, KPK Province.
But
contrary to what many of you might believe, the students/youngsters
huddled under the bridge are not addicted to heroin or hashish.
Their addiction is *Crystal Meth*, that I lovingly call *Crystal Math*. Mathematical thinking always fascinated me in life. Yes, their addiction is Crystal Meth, commonly known as 'Ice".
In one local jargon, in one of many, it is known as 'Sheesha'.
''Students tell me that it makes you cool and hyperactive,'' says Student Sajjad Gul, a 20 year old ice addict. Some tell me it makes you a sex god''.
Student Gul walks up to the Karkhano Market everyday to score his stash from another young student his own age:
''The
transfer is discreet,'' he says. ''Then I rush back to join my drug
buddies [under the bridge]. No one else comes here. Ice puts you in a
dreamland. I have used heroin too but Ice is a very, very different
sensation.''
Contrary to popular perception however, Crystal Math addiction is not merely a phenomenon of the poor.
In fact, the stories of student Ali Daud and Student Sajjad Gul
are no different from hundreds of young students staying in hostels, on
campuses of private and public sector educational institutions.
Some
even claim that it is more a phenomenon of the elite -since imported
ice costs a lot more than other drug, discloses research author, Sher
Alam Shinwari.
*And the trend of consuming Crystal Math is on the sharp rise*.
Doctors
and Professionals associated with counter-drug abuse measures claim
that over the past six months, there has been a 20% increase in the
number of addicts using Crystal Math.
The
addiction is also common among school-going teens, while visitors to
small restaurants and indoor sports clubs are no exception either.
Meanwhile,
the absence of a proper drugs control policy to check and curb the
peddling of Crystal Math has meant that it has fast become the drug
of choice for those suffering depression, mental agony, or even erectile
dysfuction.
''The situation is horrible,'' says Dr. Parveen Azam Khan, director of the Dost Welfare Foundation [DWF} a non profit organization in Peshawar that has been working against drug abuse since 1992.
*The DWF claims to have thus far rehabilitated around 40,000 drug addicts*.
Student Ghulam
Ali, who is learning something at a local college in Peshawar, and
an Ice user explains that Ice is just so easily available across
Peshawar and peddlers tend to sell it small quantities.
''The price of one gram of locally made Crystal Math:
May
run between 1,500 to 2,000 rupees. One gram of import-quality
Grade A Math costs between 5,000 to 6,000 rupees,'' he says
While
the import-quality drug is widely popular among students from
privileged grounds, the locally made one is for those who come from
humble backgrounds.
The Honour and Serving of
the latest ''Operational Research'' on Life, Students, and *Thin
Ice*, continues. Thank Ya all for reading and sharing forward. And see
Ya all on the following one.
With respectful
dedication to the Leaders, Parents, Students, Professors and Teachers
of the world. See Ya all on !WOW! -the World Students Society and
Twitter -!E-WOW! -the Ecosystem 2011:
''' Warp & Weft & !WOW! '''
Good Night and God Bless
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