Raisuan: In order to save youths from drug addiction, the city police have been setting ganja crops on fire in various parts of Odisha. Now, however, smuggling of dendrite has seen a rise in Keonjhar district and the minors in the region are increasingly falling victim.
Like other drugs, dendrite is inhaled after rubbing it with polyethene. Addiction of dendrite is dangerous to health as it affects the immune system.
Doctors say this affects mental stability and also damages the brain. It starves the cells of oxygen and forces the heart to beat irregularly and more rapidly. If this is not controlled, the results will catastrophic, they note.
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