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You
can easily find cultivation of Gaanja
(Marijuana) in many parts of Bihar. It is also
smuggled from Nepal and through Bihar it reaches
rest of the country. Many thanks to Bihar’s bad
Law and order, corrupt politicians and Babus.
After a gap of 10 years on the visit to my
village in Siwan, I was eager to meet my
childhood friend who shares the same name with
me. He was a studious, strong, tall and
good-looking person from a well-known family.
When I met him, it was like an earthquake for
me. For some moment as if I fainted. He thinned
and lost all his muscles, his cheeks looked like
Caves. Reason: he was severely addicted to
Gaanja. Now he is no more in this world.
Approximately 60% of village youths are addicted
to Gaanja and other items like POUCH (country
liquor made of chemicals). It is heartbreaking
to see youths and small kids taking CHILLAM (the
smoke of Gaanja). For this they need money and
thus they indulge in crimes such as motorcycle
snatching, theft etc. It is bad to see our
society is ignoring this curse. No Politician,
NGO is talking about it. On which direction
Bihari youths are going? Many youths of cities
like Patna indulge in bad businesses like crime
and kidnapping whereas Gaanja is taking care of
village youths. The unemployment in Bihar and
humiliation and insults in other states are
making things worse. Something seriously wrong
is going on with Bihari youths and we have to
wake up and provide jobs on war-footing manners
to save these gems from getting engulfed by mass
graves.
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Comments: |
It was
high time that someone brought up
this issue. Thank you Mr. D for this
article! With the Indian economy
booming, it will be very soon that
Ganja will be replaced by drugs like
Methamphetamine, cocaine and
heroine.
While in the Western world, the
Government tries to control a lot of
things - Drug use, Pharmacy
dispensing, abortions etc., in a
country like India such issues are
left to the social structure to fix.
The system in India was running very
well till a few years ago. At a time
when it was a fad to watch movies,
some kids used to bunk school to buy
tickets and sell them in the
black-market on opening day to make
some cash. I still remember that the
kid doing this was mortified if even
a neighbor, who lived couple of
streets down, saw him doing this
illegal thing. That evening the word
was in dad's ears before the kid got
home - and what ensued made 'Ravan-wadh'
seem like a tame act.
With the advent to TV and a
'materialistic' way of life, people
do not socialize. They are gradually
becoming insular. ISI is waiting on
the border with an unlimited supply
of Afghani opium to harvest the rich
consumers in India.
Hillary Clinton had written a book
"It takes a village" which was
inspired by the Eastern way of life.
She contends that only the effort of
the parents is inadequate to raise a
child well, if the society does not
cooperate. All institutions around
the family - the neighborhood, the
schools, the justice system, the law
enforcement - all should be out to
make sure that the younger
generation was on the right track.
The drug problem can only be solved
by social pressure. No amount of
government action can control it. In
America billions of dollars are
spent every year but drug trade is
thriving and well. Drug use needs to
be rejected by the society.
Government action should not be
expected on this issue. The last
thing that the government should do
is to make drug trade profitable by
banning sale of it. Unlike in the
USA, drugs should be available to
'registered' users at at dirt cheap
price. This will discourage import
of more powerful drugs from outside
the country.
Good parenting and social pressures
can rope in the monster of drug
addiction. - Aarcee - Feb. 3,
2006
Tarakeswar ji, a very true and
touching issue but mainly ignore by
everyone as you have rightly pointed
out. It used to be a minor nuisance
before but now has become a major
problem. If we don't want to be
destroyed like Columbia and Latin
American countries then some strict
steps must be taken. I have heard
that custom department is now
destroying all the ganja and charas
which they catch quickly. Criminal
should also be caught and given
harsh punishment. It can no longer
be taken as minor problem.
In Singapore and Middle eastern
country death sentence is allowed
for drug dealers. I think in India
we should at least give 10 years
jail for every offense. This will be
deterrent to everyone. - Kaushal
Das - Feb. 3, 2006 |
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