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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan infants fed opium |
| 2011-01-24 |
| "Opium is nothing new to our villages or districts. It's an old tradition, something of a religion in some areas," said Dr. Mohamed Daoud Rated, coordinator of the center. "People use opium as drugs or medicine. If a child cries, they give him opium, if they can't sleep, they use opium, if an infant coughs, they give them opium." Most Afghans aren't aware of the health risks of opium and only a few are beginning to understand the hazards of addiction. This is a large part of the problem. They don't get it. They don't look at it as a drug. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #4 Lucky you and your friends didn't have a genetic tendency to schizophrenia, tu3031, or you might have preceded the Phoenix assassin... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-24 20:06 |
| #3 My mother used to do the paregoric on the gums thing when we were teething. Worked well. When I was in college, we'd dip joints in it, let them dry out, and toke up. Called them OJ's. More bang for your pot dollar, because they were potent... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-01-24 19:41 |
| #2 Heck as far as that goes - Cough Syrup here in the USA used to contain one of the opium derivative - I think it was Cocaine. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-01-24 19:02 |
| #1 Sounds like the way Paregoric, also an opium derivative, was used on this side of the pond. Paregoric was available for sale in the USA without a prescription up until 1970. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-24 18:40 |