Bidis (a type of tobacco rolled in a leaf) are being manufactured in the Suriyawan area of Bhadohi District in UP for the past many years. The product packing is also embedded with the images of the Deities Shankar and Parvati.
Lethbridge University from Canada has claimed that some cannabis extracts may reduce the risk of dying of the patients from the most dangerous age group and of those who are suffering under chronic illness.
The United Nations Drug Enforcement Administration has removed cannabis from its list of dangerous drugs following a recommendation from the World Health Organisation.
Many big actors from Tollywood take drugs. None of the parties of the high class society happen without drugs.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested Mohammad Anoop, a key facilitator of the Bangalore-based drug trafficking ring, a few days back. His information also mentions Binesh, the son of Marxist Communist Party leader and actor Kodiyari Balakrishnan in Kerala.
CCB (Central Crime Branch) had raided the house of famous Kannada film actress Ragini Dwivedi. The raids are the result of the information received by the police, that the actress has been involved in drug trafficking.