I remember, when I was in class 5 at St Aloysius Higher Primary School, Mangaluru, our Kannada teacher would take us to the playground (then known as ‘Sand Pit’) and take up classes there. As young students, the experience was unique as we were made to sit under a tree for our Kannada lessons.
New psychoactive substances are growing at an alarming rate causing a threat to the public health, writes Dr. G. Shreekumar Menon and Dr. Nirmal Krishnan
If consumed regularly in heavy doses, it becomes difficult for the user to quit the drug due to withdrawal symptoms...
Draupadi Murmu has become the 15th president of India in a historic win that has seen a politician from an indigenous community take the country’s highest elective office for the first time.
Elevera Britto was the famed captain of the national team in the ’60s and was presented the Arjuna Award’ in 1965.
Rohypnol is banned in India but it is available in the grey markets, as also on the Darknet, hence a big challenge for enforcement agencies...
India is a big producer of Ketamine, as also organic and synthetic licit opiate/psychotropic pharmaceuticals...
The greatest mistake in life is to get addicted to drugs – becoming a prisoner of ecstasy and hallucination, and less of a man...
The main problem with detection of this chemical is that there are chances of false positive tests...
Cocaine use is referred to as “King’s habit”, hence affordable only by film stars, fashion models and super-rich people.
Heroin continues to be the drug of choice for many drug abusers and putting an end to one of the most abused chemicals in the world, remains a distant dream.
Purple Lotus is an inspiring story of an immigrant woman who must push against societal pressures and her own fears to create a happy life for herself in America.
Chemical escapism using Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances to find relief from depression, anxiety and general stress, has become very routine across the world.