Youth addicted to medicated liquor in Punjab, Haryana
punjab and haryana youth have become addicted t new brand of liqur called medicated liquor
EVER HEARD of medicated liquor. Sounds unbelievable as liquor is either country liquor or Indian made foreign liquor or spurious liquor called hooch in local parlance. But reports from Punjab and Haryana states have revealed that a large number of people particularly the youth, college and university going students are using cough syrup to mix it with liquor for getting additional kick. Health authorities of Haryana have conducted raids at several places and have recovered large quantity of unaccounted syrup bottles. Cough syrup for dry cough prescribed by the doctors is available in the market under several brand names. Although the cough syrup is for the treatment of dry cough but it is being used for purposes other than the treatment. Companies are making huge profit, wholesalers and retailers are making huge profit while humanity is suffering. Addicted people loose stamina for work and some of them even resort to crime.The raw material for preparing codein the main ingredients in such syrups which gives kick is not available in open market.It is available at select places and is given to the manufacturers against the permit issued by the Narcotic Control Bureau. Earlier, the permits for Codein were being issued by the drug controllers of the respective states. Narcotic Control Bureau has fixed the quota for states. But the issue of permits of more quantity than the sanctioned limit by Maharashtra authorities led to the withdrawal of powers of issuing permits from the drug controllers of the respective states. Now, the permits are issued by the Narcotic Control Bureau . A particular multinational Pharma company manufacturing the dry cough syrup has a virtual monopoly in the field. But tempted by its sale more than a dozen players have also joined the fray.
The retailer gets this syrup at a highly subsidized rate from the companies. The syrups being scheduled - H drugs can be sold only on the prescription of a qualified doctor. The companeis have also displayed warning on the bottles stating that being scheduled - H drug they can only be sold on the prescription of a qualified doctor. Now, the million dollar question is that when cough syrups can be sold only on the prescription of a qualified doctor, then how it is being sold in the market by the chemists to drug addicts. Investigations by this scribe revealed that the companies or the wholeasalers sell the syrup in bulk quantity in the name of non existent or fictitious firms to avoid action by the drug controlling authorities. G.L..Singla, Assistant Drug Controller of Haryana told that on a tip off they conducted raid at a chemist shop at Ambala and seized as many as three thousands bottles of Rexcof, which were not billed raising the suspicion that they will be used for the purpose other than for the treatment of the dry cough. Similarly, a Chandigarh based firm has sold these syrups amounting to Rs sixty lakhs to a non-existent firm of Ratia in Haryana . Alarmed over the practice, Ashok Singla,.General-Secretary of Haryana Chemists and Drugists Association has appealed to fellow chemists to keep only limited stock of such medicines. Describing intoxication as a social evil ,Singla has advised the members of the Association to sell such drugs only on the prescription of a doctor. This malady is not confined only to the cough syrups, several injections and tablets are also being used for intoxication purpose. Buprenorphine injection which is normally given during minor operations or in case of acute stomach pain is used for a kick. Sleeping tablets Alprax or Hypotrex popularly known as tablet of ten number and Diazepam is also used for intoxication. Lomotil used for the treatment of lose motions also serve the same purpose.
The retailer gets this syrup at a highly subsidized rate from the companies. The syrups being scheduled - H drugs can be sold only on the prescription of a qualified doctor. The companeis have also displayed warning on the bottles stating that being scheduled - H drug they can only be sold on the prescription of a qualified doctor. Now, the million dollar question is that when cough syrups can be sold only on the prescription of a qualified doctor, then how it is being sold in the market by the chemists to drug addicts. Investigations by this scribe revealed that the companies or the wholeasalers sell the syrup in bulk quantity in the name of non existent or fictitious firms to avoid action by the drug controlling authorities. G.L..Singla, Assistant Drug Controller of Haryana told that on a tip off they conducted raid at a chemist shop at Ambala and seized as many as three thousands bottles of Rexcof, which were not billed raising the suspicion that they will be used for the purpose other than for the treatment of the dry cough. Similarly, a Chandigarh based firm has sold these syrups amounting to Rs sixty lakhs to a non-existent firm of Ratia in Haryana . Alarmed over the practice, Ashok Singla,.General-Secretary of Haryana Chemists and Drugists Association has appealed to fellow chemists to keep only limited stock of such medicines. Describing intoxication as a social evil ,Singla has advised the members of the Association to sell such drugs only on the prescription of a doctor. This malady is not confined only to the cough syrups, several injections and tablets are also being used for intoxication purpose. Buprenorphine injection which is normally given during minor operations or in case of acute stomach pain is used for a kick. Sleeping tablets Alprax or Hypotrex popularly known as tablet of ten number and Diazepam is also used for intoxication. Lomotil used for the treatment of lose motions also serve the same purpose.
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.In view of commonwealth games health authorities of Haryana led by G.L.Singla, assistant state drug controller and comprising of Manmohan Taneja and Ashok Sheoran conducted raids at several chemist shops in Bahadurgarh falling in national capital region to check the illlegalsale of corex and rexophne cough syrups which are used as intoxicant. cases were registered against several chemists for selling these drugs without the prescription of the qualified doctor. Being scheduled h drug they can only be sold on the presription of a qualified doctor.Earlier V.Kamraja , Inspector General of Police, Rohtak range has called a meeting of chemists of the area and urged them not to sell these durgs without prescription of doctor. merinews has timely raised the issue that these syryps are being used by youth for intoxication.
.congratulations to citien journalist pawan kumr bansalfor raising an important issue concerning youth. haryna known for mlik and curd is now known for liquor
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