West Bengal: Flavoured Condoms; An Alternative Of Substance For Students !!!
July 24: Shocking but true. Students in West Bengal’s Durgapur allegedly have become addicted to using flavoured condoms, but not as a contraceptive. They have been soaking it in hot water and drinking the liquid.
Reportedly, the students find themselves in a state of a high, that lasts for 10 to 12 hours.
According to a report the sale of flavored condoms has drastically increased in various parts of Durgapur including Durgapur City Center, Bidhannagar, Benachiti, and Muchipara, C Zone, A Zone and on questioning a regular customer, till a shopkeeper discovered the reason for the spike.
“Soaking condoms in hot water for a long time breaks down large organic molecules and creates alcohol compounds. This compound is keeping the youth intoxicated,” said Durgapur RE College Model School chemistry teacher Nurul Haque.
Superintendent Dhiman Mandal of Durgapur sub-district hospital, told Banglahunt, “There is some kind of aromatic compound in the condom. Alcohol is produced by breaking it down. This aromatic compound is also found in dendrites. So many are seen to be intoxicated with dendrites.”
Addicts of substance abuse- such as drinking cough syrup, hand sanitiser, aftershave, sniffing glue, paint, nail polish, whiteners and even eating Iodex on bread.
While the West Bengal police is yet to comment on the matter.
