Subject: ILLEGAL ‘WEED FOODS’ HIT CITY WITH A BANG
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 7:48 AM
ILLEGAL ‘WEED FOODS’ HIT CITY WITH A BANG
ILLEGAL ‘WEED FOODS’ HIT CITY WITH A
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Last updated on 4 May 2013 09:59 By SOLOMON KOKO
Last updated on 4 May 2013 09:59 By SOLOMON KOKO
When Esther walked into her friend’s birthday
party in Lang’ata on a Saturday afternoon, she was first offered a glass of
juice and some cookies as she waited for the
main meal to be served.
main meal to be served.
A few
minutes later Esther, a teetotaller, started feeling tipsy.
After taking two more cookies she became so excitable that her boyfriend thought she had either taken alcohol or her juice was spiked. That was when the host
revealed the secret. What Esther and other guests were nibbling at were not ordinary cookies but ‘weed cookies’ baked with bhang (also known as cannabis or marijuana among other monikers) as an ingredient.
After taking two more cookies she became so excitable that her boyfriend thought she had either taken alcohol or her juice was spiked. That was when the host
revealed the secret. What Esther and other guests were nibbling at were not ordinary cookies but ‘weed cookies’ baked with bhang (also known as cannabis or marijuana among other monikers) as an ingredient.
“She’ll be fine, just give her one hour,”
the birthday boy told Esther’s boyfriend. It soon became clear that some of the
guests at the party were deliberately eating the cookies to get high while
others, like Esther, had been tricked into taking the drug.
Smoking or possessing marijuana is illegal
in Kenya, but those seeking to beat the law seem to have resorted to concealing
the drug in cakes, brownies, muffins, cookies,
chocolates or sweets. Not having the distinctive smell of the drug makes it even more difficult to tell the difference between the ordinary baked foods or confectioneries and the illegal products Using bhang as a baking ingredient is a trend that was identified in the city a few years ago, but the authorities are now more concerned by the increased consumption of the illegal
products.
chocolates or sweets. Not having the distinctive smell of the drug makes it even more difficult to tell the difference between the ordinary baked foods or confectioneries and the illegal products Using bhang as a baking ingredient is a trend that was identified in the city a few years ago, but the authorities are now more concerned by the increased consumption of the illegal
products.
Nacada, the government agency that leads
the campaign against drugs and alcohol abuse, has now raised the alarm and is
planning to combine the arrest of suspected
suppliers with a campaign against the practice.
“The youth should be warned.
suppliers with a campaign against the practice.
“The youth should be warned.
It
isikely that the drug’s toxicity could increase if it is baked in food like
cakes, cookies or biscuits,” says
Nacada chairman Frank Njenga.
Nacada chairman Frank Njenga.
But
after weeks of investigations, The Nairobian can reveal that the cluelessness of
the authorities on
how to deal with the ‘weed foods’ is in direct contrast with their widespread consumption. What is more, the suppliers of the ‘drugs foods’ only deal with trusted repeat
customers and do not openly sell the products.
Danger!
how to deal with the ‘weed foods’ is in direct contrast with their widespread consumption. What is more, the suppliers of the ‘drugs foods’ only deal with trusted repeat
customers and do not openly sell the products.
Danger!
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