- KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
(AP) -- Faced with some of the world's strictest anti-drug laws, some addicts
in Malaysia are sniffing fresh cow dung to get high.
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- An official at the National Narcotics Agency said the
problem was small but growing among addicts who cannot buy drugs.
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- Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz was quoted in The New Straits
Times newspaper on Wednesday as saying she wanted the government to deal
with addicts who sniff cow dung, glue and even polystyrene smoke. She did
not elaborate.
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- "The cow dung emits gases like sulfur, and addicts
sniff on these gases to get high," the official at the agency said
on condition of anonymity.
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- Despite harsh anti-narcotics laws that call for death
by hanging for drug traffickers, Malaysia does not have legislation to
cover such acts as cow dung sniffing, the official said.
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- "The problem is not very serious yet, but we are
worried as this method means addicts can get high for free," the official
said.
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