Combating drug menace

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (East Zone) recovered 7,40,000 contraband yaba pills worth about Tk 32 crore in a drive from Kumira ghat area of the Bay of Bengal of Chittagong early Monday. Chittagong Metropolitan Police, in separate raids the same day, arrested seven alleged women drug peddlers with yaba pills and liquor from different areas under Bayezid police station, according to reports in this newspaper yesterday. 
Seizure of drugs as reported in the media is just a tip of the iceberg; huge quantity of drugs enters into the country and is consumed. Starting from the capital city down to the remote villages everywhere, phensidyl, heroin, yaba and other drugs are available. The tendency for taking yaba has increased among students of colleges and universities due to its aphrodisiac and stimulating qualities. Even female students are no exception. Most of the drugs are entering into the country through the porous borders. 
According to sources, there are more than 100 phensidyl producing factories on the borders of India from where thousands of bottles of phensidyl are transported to Bangladesh everyday and are sent to different places of the country. Yaba is produced in the factories that have sprung up on the Myanmar borders. People of different ages, including women and children, are the carriers of these drugs. 
There is a burgeoning market centering around the drugs. The people connected with the vicious trade have amassed fortunes not caring a fig for its disastrous impact on the users.  Propensity for taking yaba has surged alarmingly among students. Due to easy availability, addicts have curtailed taking phensidyl and heroin and have turned to yaba desperately not knowing its fatal consequences.
Drug addicts are in grip of restlessness all the time. They feel no repentance even after committing murders. For managing money to buy drugs they indulge in various crimes. A drug addict is enough to ruin a prosperous family. So, this menace should be combated before it is too late.
The government should take stringent measures, including stoppage of the sources of the drugs, issuing directives to the law enforcers to remain steadfast to their duties against all odds. Parents can play vital roles in shaping the moral characters of their children. Educational and religious institutions and imams of mosques can also play their respective roles in resisting drug addiction. Creation of mass awareness against drug addiction can also bring the desired results. 

 

Combating drug menace

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (East Zone) recovered 7,40,000 contraband yaba pills worth about Tk 32 crore in a drive from Kumira ghat area of the Bay of Bengal of Chittagong early Monday. Chittagong Metropolitan Police, in separate raids the same day, arrested seven alleged women drug peddlers with yaba pills and liquor from different areas under Bayezid police station, according to reports in this newspaper yesterday. Seizure of drugs as reported in the media is just a tip of the iceberg; huge quantity of drugs enters into the country and is consumed. Starting from the capital city down to the remote villages everywhere, phensidyl, heroin, yaba and other drugs are available. The tendency for taking yaba has increased among students of colleges and universities due to its aphrodisiac and stimulating qualities. Even female students are no exception. Most of the drugs are entering into the country through the porous borders. According to sources, there are more than 100 phensidyl producing factories on the borders of India from where thousands of bottles of phensidyl are transported to Bangladesh everyday and are sent to different places of the country. Yaba is produced in the factories that have sprung up on the Myanmar borders. People of different ages, including women and children, are the carriers of these drugs. There is a burgeoning market centering around the drugs. The people connected with the vicious trade have amassed fortunes not caring a fig for its disastrous impact on the users. Propensity for taking yaba has surged alarmingly among students. Due to easy availability, addicts have curtailed taking phensidyl and heroin and have turned to yaba desperately not knowing its fatal consequences. Drug addicts are in grip of restlessness all the time. They feel no repentance even after committing murders. For managing money to buy drugs they indulge in various crimes. A drug addict is enough to ruin a prosperousfamily. So, this menace should be combated before it is too late. The government should take stringent measures, including stoppage of the sources of the drugs, issuing directives to the law enforcers to remain steadfast to their duties against all odds. Parents can play vital roles in shaping the moral characters of their children. Educational and religious institutions and imams of mosques can also play their respective roles in resisting drug addiction. Creation of mass awareness against drug addiction can also bring the desired results.