Needed LSD: before knocking on the heaven's Door

Gautam Sharma *

Meira Paibi rally against illegal drugs at Tiddim Road, Imphal on the night of March 1 2013
Pix - Deepak Oinam

OD ge Hidak Ready Toubiro, Sir!

'WAR on Drug' or 'War of Drugs', or 'Operation Drugs Freedom' what's going on? Something hasn't ended, as many Drug trafficking stories are majoring the news headlines these days, increasingly. Why is it so? It seems the demands are becoming bit higher in the market than usual.

Is the streets and bylanes of this small state and other south east-Asia countries going to be flooded with Amphetamine-type drugs? People say Ephedrine is also a kind of substituted amphetamine and a structural methamphetamine analogous, and it is different from methamphetamine only by the presence of hydroxyl (OH). And, through oxidation, ephedrine can be easily synthesized into methcathinone.

Ephedrine is listed as a Table I precursor under the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

And now, many sense, even before the end of the hangover created by Heroine and SP, another new hangover is about to be landed in this tiny state. This time, it seems, the hangover-3 would be more extreme called E than usual; and E for 'Ecstacy' is knocking the door, many people sense. And many jargoned as base, up, fast, go-ee, speed, uppers, whiz and ox blood. Crystal methamphetamine is a more potent form of amphetamine, and is sometime called crystal meth, crystal, ice or shabu.

Its worth not recalling the history, how heroin became a street drug in this tiny state after invading many red-light areas, how Phensydyle became phenomenon for a transient period, and then comes the intrusion of SP (Splasmo Proxybon), the mostly popped-pills of the young people in the state.

But, it worth to guesstimate the lives taken by those stuff, the chronicle of broken hearted parents and the tales of tears of families wrecked and affected by those stuffs.

Almost, starting from past, Heroine has taken a huge number of incalculable lives; countless numbers of young people has not wake-up eternally after an OD sleep gifted by SP, and what next? What option do we have to prevent, intervene such man-made tragic instances. What types of new reduction programs do we really need now to address such issue, as we almost have seen various Reduction Programs ----- Supply Reduction, Demand Reduction and Harm Reduction? Though, effective all of them, in a sense, but one ultimate option that can uproot the issue still seems not to be in a finalized position for implementation.

Mind goes Blank, when people questions do you have strong 'Drug Policy'? The issue is not only a social problem now but we should not fail to analyze the economic and political implication that underlies behind the issue.

No matter if the state and its people failed to halt the flow-in and flow-out of drugs, what least we can think of is how to give concerted efforts to manage more LSD (Life Saving Drugs) to save life from ODs. We have no options available here. So, OD ge Hidak Ready Toubiro, Sir!

As the increasing news of trafficking of aliens Drugs, like ATS-type drugs, help visualise that many unwanted overdose are near on the reality horizon. So, arranging more LSD is the only option that can avail to us now to Safe thousands and thousand of lives from OD.

So, before cutting the red-ribbon by our innocent young people who are extremely curious to test new found Stuffs and before they go for a fast and furious test drive, the first priority that can be set is OD ge Hidak Ready Toubiro, Sir! before knocking on the heaven's Door. But the questions, doubts and apprehensions that are ask-able would be the conventional OD medicine, like Nalexone or Nathalone, would be administrable to ATS Overdose ????

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), East and Southeast Asia have one of the most established methamphetamine markets in the world displacing traditionally plant-based drugs such as opium and heroin. There are strong indications that the situation is deteriorating: the substances are becoming stronger (from pills to crystal methamphetamine or 'ice') and methods of use are becoming more harmful (from swallowing pills to injecting), and the number of ATS users – especially among youth – keeps increasing.

Keeping the UN Report aside, near to our doorsteps, all of us have also scanned the news of Amphetamine-types drugs protruding the soil of CCpur and some other parts of state sometimes ago. We have given much thought that we can't controlled and reverse the situation as they (Bosses) seem to control the environment. And, you know, oftentimes, men and the machines like X-ray Machines failed to scans Drugs, whether the airport one or not, let's not discuss it.

And, you know there are hundreds of drugs manufacturing companies in country like India. And, it would may be a tough work to find out whether the manufacturer is legitimate or not, or are they selling the drugs to the right people at the right quantum in legitimately mode. Just Touch! So before the multi-colored pills rained the state's streets and bylanes, OD ge Hidak Ready Toubiro, Sir!

Newsperson: Ministry of Ephedrine is organizing a one-day buyer-seller meet titled 'Selling at 180 Degree: From isolation to connection, from connection to inter-connection' at ethical vacuum. As per the official communiqué, signed by their Anonymous president, it further said that the objective of the meet is to offer new jobs to employed personnel who are daring to scoop extra income by taking little risk. It further stated that it will serve as a platform to exchange cross-share the trafficking ideas and routes from small street peddler to high profile dealer.

Tagline: Drugs hardly give holiday to many users, including Sundays.