More Salvadoran Kids
Sniff for High
Anti-drug authorities in
El Salvador acknowledged
growing addiction to
inhaling solvents for
highs by children and
young people because of
a lack of legal means to
confront the situation.
The police and attorney
general told deputies of
the Commission of the
Family, Women and
Children that currently
there are more 14 to 17
year olds drugging
themselves with shoe
glue and other products.
In addition to glue they
use hair sprays, nail
removal solutions,
deodorants, air
fresheners, erasers,
paint, solvents,
gasoline and others that
act as depressors of the
nervous system according
to scientific sources.
A study by this
institution blames the
increase on the
non-existence of a law
that controls sales of
articles with solvents.
The head of the
Anti-narcotics Division
of the National Police,
Godofredo Miranda, urged
approval of measures to
restrict access to these
substances by
adolescents and young
people. |
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