How many times have you used correction fluid inks, also known as whiteners, to correct typing mistakes? Going further, how many times have you smelt it?
And when you did, did you notice the kind of high it gives you? How it makes your brain go blank for a moment? How it makes you all dizzy?
A gang of 6-7 young children, who earn their leaving by selling empty beer bottles, that people leave lying around here and there. A cold winter night. The leader of the gang goes to a nearby shop and purchases a 15ml bottle of whitener, easily available for around Rs 25. As he comes back, the rest of the gang can barely contain their excitement. They bring out their kerchiefs and he pours a little on to everyone's. And when a little bit is left, the youngest of them all, who is all of 5 years of age, fights with the rest of his gang mates like an animal just to get that additional amount of his obsession.
Yes, they're all hooked.
The police have found that the addiction to whitener has spread among juvenile criminals and children form streets and slums.
The next time you are at the railway station in the afternoon, spare a glance at the deserted stretch and the narrow drain alongside. You would see boys, bot beyond 15 years in age, sitting on tracks, and even lying inside the dirty drains with blank, dazed looks.
The small red packet Kores Eraz-ex carries a warning : Contains toluene do not drink or inhale. Misuse by drinking or inhalation can be harmful, even fatal. inflammable material, keep away from head.
Toluene is a dangerous, addictive drug that is cheap and easy to manufacture and can create a potential drug crisis.
Effects being intoxicated to substance containing toluene are stimulation of heart rate and respiration, feeling of euphoria, loss of appetite, increased alertness, paranoia, hallucinations and delusions. In extreme cases, the addict could die of heart failure, lethal overdoses or manufacturing accidents.
People who repeatedly breathe in toluene, permanently damage their brain. They may also experience problems with their speech, vision, or hearing, have loss of muscle control, loss of memory, poor balance, and decreased mental ability.
Just think of what this drug must be doing to those kids hooked on to it, day and night.
Please help spread the word....
