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02-07-08, 02:01 PM
July 01, 2008 23:41 PM
Drug Addicts Turn To Human Faeces For Their "Fix"
KOTA BAHARU, July 1 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) does not deny the possibility that drug addicts in the state might be resorting to human faeces as an alternative for their "fix".
Kelantan AADK director, Wan Addenan Wan Mohd Noor said difficulty in getting their drug supply and also the rising cost of the illegal substance could have have caused them to turn to the drastic move.
"Most drug addicts in poor ASEAN countries have resorted to human faeces as an alternative to expensive drugs in their countries, and we do not deny drug addicts in the state might also be using the same method," he told reporters here Tuesday.
According to him, the addict would place a plastic bag over a sewage tank's exhaust funnel and sniff the vapour to get their "high".
He said the method was believed to be effective for the addicts and had replaced usually used drugs and cow faeces.
-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=343302&cat=et
Drug Addicts Turn To Human Faeces For Their "Fix"
KOTA BAHARU, July 1 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) does not deny the possibility that drug addicts in the state might be resorting to human faeces as an alternative for their "fix".
Kelantan AADK director, Wan Addenan Wan Mohd Noor said difficulty in getting their drug supply and also the rising cost of the illegal substance could have have caused them to turn to the drastic move.
"Most drug addicts in poor ASEAN countries have resorted to human faeces as an alternative to expensive drugs in their countries, and we do not deny drug addicts in the state might also be using the same method," he told reporters here Tuesday.
According to him, the addict would place a plastic bag over a sewage tank's exhaust funnel and sniff the vapour to get their "high".
He said the method was believed to be effective for the addicts and had replaced usually used drugs and cow faeces.
-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=343302&cat=et