You must have often seen people resorting to alcohol, ganja, bhang or any other type of intoxicant to get intoxicated, but this is not the case in Pakistan. Alcohol is banned, due to which people are looking for new things to get intoxicated. One of them is scorpion intoxication. This drug is spreading rapidly in many areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Let us know what this drug is and how Pakistanis are using it.
intoxication of dead scorpions
According to a report in Pakistani newspaper “The Dawn”, Pakistani people in some areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have found a new way to consume drugs. Here people are smoking a special kind of dead scorpion. To make the medicine, the dead scorpion is first dried on coal or burnt.
After this, drug addicts get intoxicated by smelling the smoke coming out of the scorpion. The tail of the scorpion is especially in high demand. Actually, it contains poison, which makes it highly addictive.
There are diseases
According to experts, this drug can cause many serious diseases. If such drugs are consumed in excess, memory problems can occur. Apart from this, the possibility of conditions like insomnia, loss of appetite and nervousness increases. Apart from this, if this drug is consumed in excess, then the person taking the drug can have many serious lung problems. Apart from this, this drug is also becoming a threat to scorpions in Pakistan. Actually, due to this drug, the hunting of scorpions has increased in Pakistan. Animal lovers say that if it is not controlled in time, then in the near future, scorpions will disappear from the area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.