“Roll another joint”, this is one of my friend saying to
another friend of his, apparently this sentence or these words are very common
in the life of a college student.
When we talk
about the life of a college student then we also talk about weed, marijuana and
other fantasy drugs that a student consumes daily. A student does not have to look around for it
for long, the availability of these dried leaves or grass as known popularly is
facile.
“STUFF” is the usual slang term for
gaanja/weed and is smoked in a cigarette, rolling paper, bong, pipe and
nowadays in hookah. The consumption of stuff
has increased exponentially in the past few years because of easy availability
in college campuses and the surrounding areas of the campuses. The main
carriers of stuff are auto drivers,
rickshaw pullers and servant staff of the colleges. Moreover the price of gaanja is very less, one can buy 10
joints for just 50 bucks. These two factors (carriers and price) and the third
factor which is one of the most important, the FRIEND CIRLCE, help a student to
indulge in the consumption of stuff.
What propels
a student to consume stuff? Yes, this is a question which has a lot of answers
to it but let me tell you a few.
The major
reason for this is ‘let’s try out something new attitude’ as now we are in
college and ‘freedom’ also connects with it if a student lives in hostel or
away from home. These two reasons when combine, it results in inception of yet
another stuff smoker who believes
that doing this would be another achievement in his life and he can brag about
it in front of his friends.
Another
reason for consumption of charas/gaanja/drugs is ‘show off attitude’ of a
particular class of students who believe that consuming stuff would make them COOL, but that’s definitely not the case.
This ‘show off attitude’ makes them vulnerable to more and more consumption to
save their so called pride.
Friend Circle,
as mentioned in above plays a prime role in a student’s life. Be it academics,
sports or some unacceptable activities which includes consumption of those
dried leaves and grass. In my college life I have seen some students who did
not consume stuff when they were in 1st
year but started consuming it afterwards and the only reason I hear from them
is, “For how long you will stop yourself when your roommate and all your
friends smoke it”.
One more
drug/stuff known as hash, is also
consumed by students. The students consume it by the method of eating, they put
it in their sandwich, cookies or bread and consume it. The effect usually
starts late and it lasts for long. Cocaine, heroin and brown sugar are also
gaining popularity in this stuff market
and I think it won’t take much time that students will start using these costly
drugs and make their lives hell.
The youth of
the country is gripped into this fever of stuff smoking and it is really
becoming hard to stop them from doing so. Mostly students do drugs when they
are under pressure of studies and they think that doing it once won’t harm them
but in reality, drugs catches an individual and it doesn’t let him go.
Marijuana is known as gateway drug,
it leads to the use of other drugs and the short time love for the fantasy
becomes addiction. It has been observed in some studies that students doing
drugs and consuming alcohol are more prone to unprotected sex which leads to
AIDS. Around 25% of teens/students who are sexually active report having
unprotected sex as they were drinking or using illicit drugs. The youth who
have drug problem do not realize it because they always treated drugs as their
friends who would help them in relaxation of mind and body.
The drug use
is surely a problem for the youth, they will be reluctant in doing daily tasks
like bathing, studying and even eating. They tend to distance themselves from
social eves and can even behave in an unpredicted manner at social gatherings
out of anger and frustration. The most common problem is that they will stop
attending classes and as a result of that their academic performance will be
hit hard and it will degrade in the coming time.
As we all
know that smoking leaves an irreparable damage in an individual and it
definitely kills. Smoking marijuana/consuming drugs increase the heartbeat and reduce
the blood pressure. It also causes extreme amount of hallucinations, loss of
coordination, chest infection, lung infection and increased coughing.
Strong will
and self control can only save you from indulging in smoking Charas, Gaanja and
other stuff. Stay controlled, Stay healthy.
