Students in Durgapur, West Bengal, have become addicted to using condoms, but with a twist.?According to a report, the students are not using condoms as a contraceptive but for a very 'bizarre' purpose.?
According to a report in News 18, the sale of flavored condoms has sharply increased in several Durgapur neighborhoods, including Durgapur City Center, Bidhannagar, Benachiti, and Muchipara, C Zone, and A Zone.?
Shopkeepers of a medical shop in Durgapur told News 18,?
"Earlier, three to four packets of condoms were sold daily. And now packs of condoms are disappearing from a store."
"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. With this, condoms join the list of easily available items which are unlikely candidates for substance abuse, such as drinking cough syrup, hand sanitizer, aftershave, sniffing glue, paint, nail polish, whiteners, and even eating Iodex on bread."
Furthermore, per the police, products like whiteners and cough syrups do not fall under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Act because they contain only small quantities of sedatives (NDPS).
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