Wednesday 14 November 2012

Soaring Drug Business in Kashmir


Soaring drug business

Fayaz Ahmad Bhat
This is in response to news,  “Death for addicts, drug merchants .It is much required and obligatory, not only act but act tough and concrete on drug abuser, peddlers who are directly or indirectly involved in this unethical activity. This not only gobbles money but also consume life. Drug addiction not only affects the victim but families and societies.
The decision to implement Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) by police is a welcome step. Every responsible citizen of the state should cooperate with police to over root this menace from the society and save our young generation.
Chemists and druggists have an important role to play in eradicating this menace. But the question is: are they only the people who are indulged in this illicit trade? The answer is no. This trade is profitably run by butchers, provision shops etc. This isn’t a hypothetical assertion but in our village it was found that shopkeepers other than chemists like butchers, provision shops, hosiery and cosmetic shops were openly selling Rexcof.  A young boy about 15 years old was making home delivery of Rexcof in cane.  Every day hundreds of bottles were seized and destroyed. Realising the severity and complexity of the issue, the police and drug officials were informed. Those days there was a lady drug inspector in Baramulla when she visited the village, she checked licenses of chemists and threatened them of dire consequences if found involved in this unethical practice. But when asked about involvement of other shopkeepers she expressed her limitation: ‘it is not my jurisdiction it is a matter of police’.
I appreciate the move and agree with SSP Srinagar, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari that chemists and druggists have to play more active role in checking drug abuse. No doubt a above mentioned people have play a role but what about police. It is important to make stockiest and distributors more accountable.
What is required is to open rehabilitate centres where drug addicts will be provided psychological treatment. Hate crime not the criminal. Overthrow of criminal from society is not a solution; defeating crime is.
http://www.risingkashmir.in/news/soaring-drug-business-9076.aspx

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