case of drug abuse in Visakhapatnam
Submitted by vijayaratna on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 03:12.
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Case of DRUG ABUSE – Visakhapatnam
24-5-2008
I feel very perturbed about this incident. Visakhapatnam is known as a city where peace reigns and we are now witnessing incidents which indicate the presence of frustration and unhappiness among the people, especially among the youth.
The city’s police arrested the owner of Vaheeda Medical Shop in M.V.P. colony in Visakhapatnam on 24-5-2008, for possessing and selling addictive drugs to youth in an unauthorized manner.
As reported in our Eenadu;
On 24-5-2008, Saturday, a Swift car came and stopped opposite Vaheeda Medicals in M.V.P.colony, Visakhapatnam. A lady came from the shop, talked to the people in the car, went back to the shop and came out in two minutes again with syringes and injection bottles. As she was handing over the injections, a task force police jeep came and stopped near the car. The lady was arrested. The police also caught a 17 year old girl and another boy who were at that time taking the unauthorized injections. Next day morning drug inspector Mr. R. Udaya Bhaskar raided the shop, found many unauthorized dealings and seized the shop. The police got a tip off regarding the shop and were observing it since one month and on Saturday caught the culprits in a red handed manner.
There are many issues in this type of incidents. But today I want to focus on only one issue.
Some medicines which are very necessary to give relief from pain or suffering are also having addictive potential. These medicines which were caught in this incident are Spasmoproxyvon capsules, fortwin injections, corex bottles, cough syrup containing codein phosphate , and nitrosun.
We cannot stop the manufacture of these medicines as they are essential in some situations. For example people who undergo surgery suffer from intense pain and fortwin injection gives tremendous relief. Those who suffer from severe pain in the stomach are prescribed spasmoproxyvon. But the medical shop people should not give them without prescription.
But these people are doing that grevious error and bringing shame to the pharmacy profession and downfall in all values in the society. It is a very bad and sad state of affairs.
Pharmacists and Parents equally responsible
Dear Madam,
It is an excellent topic which u have raised. The drug addiction was found to be common in north, north east states of India but it is shocking that it is also gaining access in to the cities like vizag. In general such activities do happen in colleges and youngsters are attracted to such kind of additive substances. Yes it is the professional responsibility of the pharmacists to check the sale of such substances.
Where are the pharmacists in the pharmacies?They are run by 10th passed or failed students in the name of pharmacists. If such people run a pharmacy naturally the things do happen like this. I feel we have to strengthen ourselves, because the blame comes on the pharmacy profession and the pharmacists. Like all other fields it is also corrupted. One or two cant change it. We have to lift our educational standards,Our regulatory bodies should be more responsible, Our parents should give time for our adolescents to look into their activities. This is the age which is more prone for such diversions. Hence it is a collective responsibility of all of us to make the society free from such menace, then only we can give our children a drug free environment. I thank you once Madam for selecting such an interesting and socially needed topic.
Shaik Nyamathulla
These medicines are being sold without prescription in shops
The topic is very serious and really needs support from all pharmacies. These and similar drugs are being given without prescription and there is no end to it. The shop owners say they can't stop it, as if he/she denies the person asking for the drugs the person is ought to buy from another shop. Shop owners need to learn the Pharmacist activities, remember the oath they took during their course and help make the society better place. Here in Punjab the drug abuse is very common. Even the instances have caused pharmacists to remove all these drugs from their shelves; I'll rather post a similar news regarding it on my blog. But really a good concern raised.
prescription needed...
There are many drugs which must be bought from pharmacy stores in cases of repetature given in prescription...At that time people often take drugs directly from stores without prescription since such a practice of show-prescription-buy-medicines isn't followed...Hence, such an initiative must be taken to minimize such wrong illegal practices....