Malaysian authorities grapple with cow dung-sniffing addicts

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | July 12 2002

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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

[vetvetdoug]

That did it, I am going to quit pregnancy testing cows. I thought I got dizzy and nauseated from palpating too many cows at a time. I never imagined it was the dung making me high.

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BTW, we already have the big government freaks bemoaning the growth of a tobacco black market in NYC. Not long until they outlaw tobacco outright, to deal with the tobacco gang killings they brought about:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/714619/posts -
Cheap Cig Buyers Beware (hysterical, threatening bleating from enraged tax-collector)

[LowOiL]

Why don't you just outlaw everything - from pot, to oven cleaner, to shoe polish, to cow shit - it obvious that there will always be people who will find some way to infuriate you with every substance.

Don't put words in my mouth. I never said anything about outlawing Cow Poop, shoe polish or oven cleaner.

I not heartless, I'll be glad to leave your moo moo puffs alone.

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[LowOiL]

I thought I got dizzy and nauseated from palpating too many cows at a time.

I worked a couple of summers for a vet. It was the dead calf pulling that got me the worse.

Never did like the people that called for a large animal call that said they had it penned up and when you got there they wanted you to help them catch this wild animal that had no intentions of being caught either.

[Dinsdale]

Sorry but my BS detector is lit up on this one.

Is'nt Malasia the same place with 'hedonistic pumpers' (search the web, it's a disgusting urban legend)

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You want to lock up people for getting by high smoking pot, but not for getting high by sniffing poo?

No offense, but have the intellectual strength and the logistical consistency of a pro-abortion PETA chick.

I'm betting you own a well-fed cow.

[BlackVeil]

I can quit any time I want. LOL!

[Wolfie]

BTW, we already have the big government freaks bemoaning the growth of a tobacco black market in NYC.

Oh, I'm well aware of that, its my favorite spectator sport.

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