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Drug addiction on rise among Delhi’s teens Drug addiction on rise among Delhi's teens
http://www.newkerala.com/
New Delhi, Aug 10
Party hopping teenagers in the national capital are hooked to what are called 'designer pills', according to experts and police officers who claim that Delhi is witnessing an alarming rise in teenagers addicted to drugs.
According to sources in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), details of cases registered by authorities have indicated a 40 percent rise in the number of teenagers addicted to drugs in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
Experts say there are no figures available of the number of young drug addicts in New Delhi but they claim it would run into thousands. Pills like ecstasy, designer party drugs, opium and inhalers are provided to teenagers and youngsters by a shadowy network of dealers.
There are several drugs sold clandestinely in the market but trends suggest a drastic increase in the demand for "party drugs" that allow teenagers to party for long hours without feeling exhaustion.
A senior NCB official said: "In all rave parties, which are organised in Delhi and adjoining areas, boys and girls have been caught taking party drugs. During one raid on a rave party, we found many boys and girls were under the influence of such drugs.
"There were others who were addicted to cocaine and other drugs, to which the teenagers graduate from party drugs."
The reason for more teenagers getting addicted to party drugs is that such narcotics give a "high" only for a short period of time, say experts.
"Another new drug is made by mixing ink remover with a chemical and it is then inhaled by youngsters to get a high before partying," said Deputy Commissioner of Poliec D.L. Kashyap of the Narcotics Cell of Delhi Police.
Another trend disturbing police officials is that the drug abuse has been noticed even among teenagers from middle class homes and is no longer restricted to those from affluent families.
Another official said in some cases, both school and college-going girls had been addicted to drugs like ecstasy.
Well-known child psychiatrist Samir Parikh said: "The most shocking thing which I have come across is that hundreds of children studying in public schools and belonging to upper middle class families are taking drugs at a very young age.
"I even came across a case of a 12-year-old student who was addicted to party drugs."
Pairkh said teenagers, particularly those from troubled homes or suffering from depression, have been found to be vulnerable to drug addiction.
Enumerating the reasons for teenagers becoming addicted to drugs, Parikh said: "Primarily it is because of the false sense of glamour associated with drugs that attracts teenagers who want to be different.
In the beginning they take drugs just to show off to others their macho image and then gradually they become addicted."
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Girls’ addiction risks different from boys: US study – Q2 2003 Girls' addiction risks different from boys: US study
Published by Reuters - Monday 21 April, 2003
Copyright: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Girls and young women who use alcohol and drugs are more likely than boys and young men to attempt suicide, according to a study on Wednesday.
Girls also can get hooked faster than boys, even when using the same or smaller amount of a particular substance, according to the study released at a briefing by Columbia University's National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse, known as CASA.
Participants in the briefing included Columba Bush, wife of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and sister-in-law of President George W. Bush. Her daughter, Noelle, has had several run-ins with the law because of drugs.
"My heart goes out to all those saddened parents across America whose daughters have sunk into substance abuse and addiction," said Bush, a CASA board member.
CASA head Joseph Califano, who was President Jimmy Carter's secretary of health, education and welfare, said the study underscored the need for different approaches to prevention and treatment for girls and young women.
"Unisex prevention programs -- largely developed without regard to gender, often with males in mind -- fail to influence millions of girls and young women," he said.
The study, which covered the years from early adolescence to age 22, found, for instance, that girls are at particularly high risk if they are depressed, stressed, or victims of physical or sexual abuse.
Girls who have eating disorders are also at high risk, as are girls who start puberty early or whose families have moved frequently.
The research also found a possible link between coffee consumption and substance abuse. Girls and young women who drink coffee are significantly more likely to smoke and drink alcohol, and to start at an earlier age.
Among the lawmakers at the briefing was Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a New York Democrat, who proposed legislation to target the growing problem of abuse of legal prescription drugs, including painkillers, stimulants and tranquilizers.
http://www.reuters.com/
Swiss help for HEROIN addicts – February 2002 Swiss help for heroin addicts
By BBC News - Saturday, 9 February, 2002
Copyright: BBC News
Switzerland, which once had the highest rates of heroin addiction and HIV in Europe, practises a radical policy of harm reduction for its drug addicts. Imogen Foulkes reports from Zurich.
The Platzspitz park in Zurich is an oasis of calm greenery in the heart of the city.
But 10 years ago, it was better known as needle park. Hundreds of addicts came here to buy heroin, and inject it openly.
It was a horrifying spectacle, and, 10 years ago this week, Swiss police drove the addicts out of needle park.
But that does not mean the addicts have gone away. Some are patients on Switzerland's heroin prescription programme. It is controversial, but it has got some hard facts on its side.
"Our patients have achieved more stable lifestyles, their health has improved, and some even have jobs," says Dr Daniel Meili, who is in charge of Zurich's programme. "And many of these people have hepatitis, or are HIV positive. If they didn't get heroin here, they'd be out on the street."
Dr Meili is so concerned about the health dangers of being an addict on the street, that he would like to widen the heroin programme, and even prescribe other narcotics, such as cocaine.
To see what it means to be a drug addict on the street, you only have to walk a few blocks from the heroin prescription centre to one of Zurich's injection rooms.
Here, addicts who buy their drugs illegally can come to get a clean needle, and inject under the supervision of trained staff.
Safe haven
Robert Reithauer, the social worker in charge, opens his doors once an hour to let the addicts in.
He greets them all by name. They are mainly young people, but they look old.
Painfully thin, many walk with sticks _ the legacy of the dreadful abscesses which injecting with dirty needles can cause.
Robert has a table laid out with steel dishes. Each contains a clean syringe and a ticket with a number.
This is so the addicts can take turns in the injection room in an orderly manner _ many are desperately impatient for their fix.
I spot one young woman who stands out from the rest. She is not so thin, her red hair is shiny, and I think she may be somehow less of an addict, more saveable perhaps, than the others.
She waits in line, jigging from foot to foot. Meanwhile Robert shows me Zurich's latest offer to the addicts: a smoking room where heroin, cocaine, or even crack can be consumed.
"There are many people who mix heroin and cocaine," Robert explains, "and they just can't give it up. So we thought a way of reaching them and offering help would be to open a smokers room."
The room itself borders on the surreal. It has a powerful air conditioning system, Robert points out, so that he and his staff will not be overcome by the fumes.
There is an industrial size roll of aluminium foil on the wall - an essential element for cooking up a fix.
London addict
A young man is about to go in. He is from London originally, and he describes Switzerland as "a paradise for drug users".
"But seriously," he says, "if I didn't come here I'd be on the streets, or hiding in the public toilets, and the police would get me."
Robert Reithauer, however, does not think his job is providing shelter from the police.
"OK they get a clean safe place to take their drugs, but what we want is contact with them. Without contact we can't help.
"Here, they can talk to me, or see our doctor," he says. "And you know quite often I see people today, just out shopping, who used to come here, and they are off drugs now. They have happy, normal lives. We helped them achieve that.
"If I didn't think I could do that, I wouldn't work here."
It is 12 o'clock, and Robert opens his doors again. The girl with the shiny red hair is first in the queue.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
