Malls have since mushroomed all over, even at our villages. As with any developed country, developments are good, but the only downside is that there also come with also a myriad of problems. In our case, our malls and other entertainment areas are fast becoming a nuisance, places where our children indulge in acts that cannot be mentioned in a family paper like this one.
To say that drugs have become the major affliction of society is not stating the situation too strongly. Drugs are fast becoming a problem in this country particularly among teens and youth. I sometimes consider myself ‘lucky’ because during my time, there were no hard drugs, the kind of drugs we see or hear about today. As I recall, the drug of choice back then was glue. Glue sniffers, and very few are still alive, would buy this very smelly sticky thing, pour the contents into an empty pint, sit in a dark corner somewhere and sniff their noses and senses away before falling into a deep slumber. The sniffers were not known for violence and the few that are still alive, and I am not exaggerating, have now lost use of their legs or if they haven’t yet, they walk like they are toddlers learning how to walk for the first time.
