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Believe it or not, an unimagined habit among Nigerian
celebrities seems to be the most popular trend now.
This is the use of cough syrup to get high and tipsy instead
of alcoholic drinks.
The codeine family is most preferred, the likes of Benelyn,
Pakalyn, Totolyn Emzolyn etc.
This trend is very common and rampant among the super rich
kids, big boys and girls, students, married women and especially the Nollywood
actors and actresses.
We have it on good authority that a lot of them take the
cough syrup before going to set or events.
The abuse of these
drugs is so rampant that local chemist shops sell up to 4 to 5 cartons every
day but big pharmacies sell only to customers with doctors’ prescriptions.
It has become more expensive; before now, it goes for N150
to N250 but because of the high demand it now goes for N450, N700 and N800, and
the refrigerated ones cost more.
Most refuse collectors who service the homes of some super
rich confirm that the containers of these cough syrups constitute more of the
refuse and most big boys and girls who go to hangouts and joints with their
breverages like juice, coke, La casera have a mixture of the codeine family in
them so as not to be seen with the containers.
Most of those who genuinely use them to treat cough
infections prefer to use the common ones to avoid the stigma attached to them.
Those who abuse these drugs say they are easy to get
anywhere and the highness comes without the smell of alcohol, and the result is
confirmed as very outstanding, amazing and gives them guts to face any
situation.
We spoke to a chemist owner who confirmed that he has enough
stock so as not to run out of stock for this coming festive period and that it
has given other cough syrups a run and has suddenly become a rave of the
moment.
‘It is
selling any day, any time, judging by the rush’.
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