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Lucknow, 02 August (HS). Stylish hookahs are being sold indiscriminately in Kaiserbagh, Aminabad, Akbari Gate areas of Lucknow city. Lucknow Commissionerate Police, which bans hookah bars, cannot stop hookah sales. This is the reason that in the name of hookah, the drug business is growing rapidly in Lucknow.
In the city of culture, smoking hookah has been a matter of elegance. Old hookahs can still be seen kept in many houses in old Lucknow. Hookah smokers now demand stylish hookahs instead of old hookahs. Hookah is smoked by placing intoxicants in the dry leaves used to heat it.
In the name of hookah, the drug business has grown rapidly in Lucknow. According to Atif, who sells hookah in Aminabad, if you add medicine to hookah, it will benefit the body. If you add intoxicants, it will weaken the body. It depends on the hookah smoker, what he wants to do. Hookah is still people's favourite. That is why it is sold.
Nazir, who likes to smoke hookah, said that there was a time when all the friends used to gather to smoke hookah at a certain time. Now where is the emphasis on hookah? The new generation associates hookah with addiction. Those who use hookah to get intoxicated all the time. In the olden days, hookah used to be a craving, just like tea was drunk at a certain time. Hookah was also smoked in the same way.
There is no tax on the price of hookah
Hookahs are sold in various districts of the state including Lucknow. Stylish hookahs are made by casting them in a mould. Most hookahs are made in the districts of western Uttar Pradesh. However, the artisans of Lucknow make their own hookahs here. There is no tax on its sale yet. Due to this, the price of stylish hookahs has been kept between five hundred to two thousand rupees only. Heavy hookahs are also made on order, the price of which depends on the work.
The police keep an eye on hookah bars
In Lucknow, the Commissionerate Police keeps an eye on restaurants and hookah bars. Raids are conducted on hookah bars every now and then on receiving information about drug trade. Police detains those who smoke hookah and serve it. Still, those who supply drugs to hookah bars remain out of the clutches of the police. No action is taken against them.
The masters make hookahs and the disciples sell drugs
The hard work of skilled masters is hidden behind the arrival of hookah in the market. The time taken to make a hookah is the same time taken to bring it to the market for sale. After this, in the name of smoking hookah in a bar or restaurant, there is usually talk of tasting the flavor. This game which starts with the smoke of mint flavor, nice flavor, goes into the hands of the disciples who sell drugs. The drug dealer secretly makes the youth addicted to drugs by making them taste it.