The drug abuse
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
THE other day (Friday) I was walking past a gargantuan mansion towards Dhanmondi Lake when I saw two boys, could not have been more than 15-16, sharing a bottle of Phensidyl. Then they casually threw the empty bottle in the drain and walked to the lake area for a cup of tea or whatever. They seemed to be related-could be brothers, cousins -- and it seemed this was a routine matter. No fear of the cops or of anyone for that matter. It was around 5:00 in the afternoon and everything and everyone were visible.
It seems that the law enforcers under this government are very choosy who they prevent from doing what. If those boys - and many others like them - can drink the codeine phosphate-laced cough syrup, which is the most popular and preferred narcotic in Bangladesh, then their abnormal behaviour can be expected. And this has indeed become a norm of our society today.
What we expect from the law enforcers and those who run the country is that they act with more patriotism than mere lip service.
The problem is, people say that this drug is used by people from all walks of life (even those who cannot afford the drug regularly) - students, drivers, engineers, doctors (imagine!), lawyers, job holders, civil servants, even politicians, and many more - they all use it. In fact, Phensidyl has replaced alcohol as a social drug. Where are we heading, as a society, as a nation, as a country?
Mohammad Jamshed
Sector 4, Road 3
Uttara Model Town
Dhaka.
It seems that the law enforcers under this government are very choosy who they prevent from doing what. If those boys - and many others like them - can drink the codeine phosphate-laced cough syrup, which is the most popular and preferred narcotic in Bangladesh, then their abnormal behaviour can be expected. And this has indeed become a norm of our society today.
What we expect from the law enforcers and those who run the country is that they act with more patriotism than mere lip service.
The problem is, people say that this drug is used by people from all walks of life (even those who cannot afford the drug regularly) - students, drivers, engineers, doctors (imagine!), lawyers, job holders, civil servants, even politicians, and many more - they all use it. In fact, Phensidyl has replaced alcohol as a social drug. Where are we heading, as a society, as a nation, as a country?
Mohammad Jamshed
Sector 4, Road 3
Uttara Model Town
Dhaka.