From chocolate to Yaba!
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Two subjects--chocolates and Yaba, and addiction to it, were discussed in a local English daily's editorial (Oct: 26). Yaba is a dangerous addictive drug and downright destructive; while the other sublimely sweet, soothing and satisfying. It is like comparison possibly between hell and heaven, as far as I am concerned. Drug addiction is a major curse of our society. Two extreme groups are by and large affected by it: the filthy rich, and the poorest of the poor. In both cases, the younger ones are more susceptible and fall into the trap easily. The rich kids move in search of forbidden misadventures, with nothing else to do; while the abject poor in search of dreams to forget hunger, and nothing to lose! Cost-wise, for the rich it is possibly nothing, but for the poor, they beg, borrow or steal to buy drugs. The worst criminals are the makers and perpetrators of this drug. Invariably. During our younger days, in the early nineteen fifties; pan chewing and cigarette smoking was the upper limit of our bad habits of this type. It was looked down and strongly discouraged by our elders. Personally, my addiction was related to sweet-tooth faults; not "roshgollas" or "shondesh" but "chocolates" "pastries & cakes" and of course "ice-cream". I attained the zenith of this addiction in the mid nineteen sixties during a weekend holiday in Amsterdam. All my meals and snacks in that period was nothing but various types and varieties of chocolates, cakes, pastries and ice-creams! Even today, I remember this gastronomic indulgence with fond nostalgia. Despite diabetic encroachment on health; I still relish small portions of all the three types of sweets; but only rarely. Of the other type, except for a few cigarettes during student days; it revolted me, and today I cannot bear cigarette smoke even!
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