SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A Cuban father, lawyer Manuel Viera, resorted to the social networks to express their concern about the increase in sales of drug on Cuban streets, which puts the lives of young people at risk.
In Facebookwhere he frequently exposes the Cuban crisis, said that parents, like him, find no relief when their children go out because of the constant worry caused by the increase in narcotics.
“Cuba is now covered in drugs and a chemical costs less than a soft drink. There are neighborhoods where there is a vendor on every block, even two. Those of us who have teenage children do not sleep because we worry every time they go out on the street. Drugs not only get them hooked, they make them stupid, they even kill them, but they also promote violence,” he wrote.
In her story, she explained that a friend of hers bought a property in the Buena Vista neighborhood, Playa municipality, 15 days ago, and is already selling it because the neighborhood “is full of drugs.”
In his denunciation of this chilling scenario, he wondered why the Cuban police did not react to this, when they maintain such close surveillance over citizens, especially those in opposition.
“The sector leaders know every opponent in their sector, every confused person, they know where every potential criminal lives, every person sanctioned. So, why don’t they know where every trafficker, every distributor, every seller, every producer, every consumer lives? The question in the face of the impetuous push of evil would be… what is being done to eradicate it?” he mused.
Your post is accompanied by a news item CiberCuba on the activist protest Alberto Turis Betancourtwho went out into the street with a sign in each hand and shouting that on his street, Gloria, between Carmen and Rastro, drugs such as chemicals, crack and heroin are sold.
“The complicity of the regime is evident; the police do not act, mothers are tired of having their things stolen, people are dying and no one cares. They are killing off the youth in Cuba with impunity. A ‘chemist’ is worth less than a soft drink,” he said.
Fearing for his life, he not only attacked the regime but also the drug traffickers, raising his voice on one of the most controversial issues in Cuba today.
Drugs on the rise
Until a few years ago, drug use in Cuba Apparently it was a controlled scene, a noise was present, but without much echo if you compared it with other contexts.
Today, with the country less hermetic thanks to the Internet, this situation is more worrying. A homemade drug known as “the chemical” is making its way across the island along with a wave of violence. It is common to hear about this on the streets of Havana.
The authorities have even recognized that there are “effects due to the presence of synthetic cannabinoids in Havana and central areas (of the Island)”, said the head of the Anti-Drug Directorate of Ministry of the Interior (MININT)Colonel Juan Carlos Poey.
He was referring to what has been dubbed on the street as “the chemical,” because, although it is supposedly based on cannabis, synthetic substances are added that vary depending on the manufacturer.
This drug “is much cheaper than marijuana.” Its production, which takes place in ordinary houses in the neighborhoods, requires cannabis or other plants and low-cost chemical precursors.
However, what produces the effect is not the marijuana itself, but rather the way it is prepared and then the liquid with which it is sprayed. In fact, some sellers use oregano or bay leaves instead of cannabis, explained a source consulted by the media.
The lack of transparency in the country regarding addiction and consumption of this new drug, a substance less expensive than a box of mild cigarettes, leaves the numbers in the realm of speculation.
We do not know which age group consumes the most “chemical”, but apparently it is young people. In fact, the ministries of Education and Higher Education in Cuba They recognized Generally speaking, the average age for first drug use in the country is 15 years.
