Drug abuse
My twin sister and me were going home after attending one of the monotonous classes. Waving goodbye to my classmates, I started my journey home with my dear sister when suddenly something unusual caught my attention. A well-dressed boy was sitting all alone in the footpath holding a packet of white powder. I did not pay much heed to it first, but then the boy took some in his hand, smelled it and then gulped a whole mouthful of it. That's pretty weird because I had never seen such food before, neither did I saw any advertisement of such peculiar food. Out of curiosity, I walked a few steps towards him. GOD BLESS MY SOUL! I MUST BE DREAMING. THAT IS DRUG. He was having it in broad daylight in a public place not bothering to maintain privacy. I was stunned. People walked past him, acting as if he did not exist. I was helpless too. Taking ALLAH'S name I started walking. In the course of my journey, I cursed myself for believing that my country was one of the least developing countries. I was under a deep illusion. Being a spectator of this incident I can surely say without any hesitation that my country BANGLADESH is not only developed but well ahead of others….
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