Posted on 07/11/2002 11:49:56 AM PDT by dead
Faced with some of the world's strictest anti-drug laws, some addicts in Malaysia are sniffing fresh cow dung to get high.
An official at the National Narcotics Agency said yesterday the problem was small but growing among addicts who cannot buy drugs.
Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz was quoted in The New Straits Times newspaper as saying she wanted the government to deal with addicts who sniff cow dung, glue and even polystyrene smoke. She did not elaborate.
"The cow dung emits gases like sulphur, and addicts sniff on these gasses to get high," the official at the agency said on condition of anonymity.
Despite harsh anti-narcotics laws that call for death by hanging for drug traffickers, Malaysia does not have legislation to cover such acts as cow dung sniffing, the official said.
"The problem is not very serious yet, but we are worried as this method means addicts can get high for free," the official said.
Malaysia, a nation of 23 million people, had more than 200,000 drug addicts. About 40,000 of them are repeat users who had not kicked the habit despite undergoing government-funded rehabilitation programs.
Malaysia approved a law last month that allows for punishing hard-core addicts who repeatedly fail rehabilitation with five to 13 years in prison and six lashes from a rattan cane.
AP
Donovan was no one-hit wonder. Have you forgotten The Hurdy Gurdy Man?
And “Sunshine Superman” and “Barabajagal” and “Catch the Wind” and “Universal Soldier” and “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” and “Lelena” and “Atlantis”
(I'm a Donovan fan from way back in my dung-sniffing youth)
Scruffy-looking guys are out in a field, walking behind cows, waiting for the flop to drop?
And when the flop drops, they quickly get on their hands and knees, put their faces directly over the flop to inhale whatever gases are emanating from the flop?
And say that they do get high from this. Is this position and location conducive to a pleasant experience?
If they get all wobbly from the inhalant, do they occasionally fall over into the flop?
Has anyone been so desperate that they've tried to snort the flop? Roll it up in rolling papers and light it? Take bong hits from a freshly laid supply?
They'd probably do better to wait for the mushrooms to grow...
A Hindu nationalist organisation is urging people in India to smear themselves in cow dung in the event of nuclear war.
They claim it will protect against radiation burns.
The Uttar Pradesh Cow Protection Commission also recommends daubing buildings in cow dung to protect them against nuclear fallout.
Navyug newspaper reports the commission has come out with the advice as tensions continue with nuclear neighbour Pakistan.
Its normal mission is to prevent the slaughter of the, mother cow, gaumata, which Hindus regard as holy and promotion of cow products like urine and dung for their 'medicinal properties'.
Radheshyam Gupta, a spokesman for the commission, said: "Even if the enemy carries out the threat to bomb us with nukes we don't have to panic. You can fully protect yourselves by covering the roof with cow dung.
"Applying cow dung paste to the body from head to toe will serve as an extra shield."
The commission was set up with the backing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a powerful Hindu nationalist organisation. It supports the Bharata Janata Party (BJP), India's main political party.
Story filed: 14:58 Monday 24th June 2002
Chloroform literally dissolves brain cells. What a shame.
When will this country WAKE UP and close the cow dung sniffing loophole?!
That young man turned out to be - - - - Paul McCartney. Now you know the rest of the story.
Is that the same Paul McCartney that used to be in that band with Ringo Starr?
Come to think of it, I had a training class with a young guy from Singapore a few years back. I am a chemist, and we were learning to operate a new GC. The guy always had a handkerchief in his hand that he would bring up to his nose occasionally. I thought he had allergies, until I saw him squirt some chloroform on it when he thought no one was looking.
Chloroform literally dissolves brain cells. What a shame.
No, he'll actually be promoted into management faster than otherwise... It's a step up the corporate ladder. (sigh)
It's probably a step toward Parkinson's disease.
Come to Wisconsin and smell our dairy air.
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