DRUGGING AND DOOMING

 PRACTICE PASSAGES

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questi

 DRUGGING AND DOOMING

 1. Thousands of innocent young lives are mercilessly crushed during their budding 2. state by the cruel effects of various drugs and addictive substances. Unfortunately, most of these addicts are young students and unemployed rural and urban boys. patients are because of drug addiction. The virus is afflicting our population fast

 The figures are frightening. 3. Common cough syrups, narcotic painkillers like proxyvon, anti-diarrhoeal drugs like lomotil, cannabis preparations (bhang, ganja, charas), injections of Morphine, Fortwin and Avil, tablets of Charysomas and many other drugs have become fancy

 items for the Punjabi youth. 4. Smack is becoming another killer in Amritsar and other border towns. The menace is spreading menacingly to other areas also. In my own clinical experience of treating addiction cases, I find smack as one of the worst kinds of addiction. 5. All addictive drugs are very strong and, when used regularly, they damage the

 brain cells. Those who are addicted to them tend to become aggressive, violent and

 emotionally callous. They become restless and suspicious also. 6. When money is not given to them, they threaten their parents, brothers and sisters with dire consequences. I come across a number of addicts who physically harm the members of their families. Feeling completely helpless, the parents don't know how to react and handle them. Recently, a 21-year-old addict was brought to my clinic.   

  

  He used to slash his forearm when money was denied to him. His parents always surrendered and gave him money for drugs.

  7. Our youth is getting hooked to alcohol also. Even women are getting addicted to it. The number of people affected by alcohol liver diseases is really alarming. Hospital statistics show that most of the addicts are using more than one drug. Their personality is getting distorted. They discontinue their studies. They stop doing productive work. They become a nuisance for their families and society. When parents shut their doors on them, they start snatching chains and purses on the roads. They lift scooters and cars and gradually enter the world of crime. 8. Many addicts finally end up becoming petty couriers and live a life of slavery and

  infinite misery. 9. Who is responsible for such a pitiable state? You can't blame one single person or an authority. All of us will have to share the burden. Parents have no time for their children these days and they themselves are mesmerised by the "Viagra effect." They appear to be gripped by the glare of their newly acquired western culture. 10. We often say that society has degenerated. It is absolutely wrong. It is not society alone. All of us have deteriorated. The desire to gain materialistic benefits has made

  us lose our cherished values. 11. Can you blame a chemist who dispenses dangerous drugs without any prescription? He is allured by the premium on these drugs. Can you blame the drug authorities whose job is to monitor the sale of drugs. They religiously pay their monthly visit to such shops for motives other than keeping a close watch. Can you blame the health authorities who are themselves deeply involved in various scams? Can you take the

  help of the police so that drugs do not reach your son or daughter? 12. Can you blame the present educational system which is making senseless robots out of students. One does not know what to do. There is a complete administrative, moral and social failure. Today is the time to become vigilant and alert. Tomorrow may be too late for many amongst us. -Dr Rajeev Gupta: The Tribune

  On the basis of your reading of the above questions.

  (a) Study reveals that most addicts are

  (i) young students

  (ii) unemployed rural and urban boys

(iv) None of them

(ii) working population

  (b) More than one-third admissions of male patients in Punjab are because of

  () drug addiction (ii) endemic diseases

  (if) virus affliction (iv) All of them

(c) is becoming another killer in Amritsar and other border towns.

  ((i) Smack (ii) Road accidents

  (iii) Covid pandemic (iv) None of them

  (d) All addictive drugs damage the (i) relationship

  () brain cells

  (e) Addicts experience which of the following?

  Alcohol liver disease

Physical deformities

  (i) heart health

  ti) vision and hearing

  (1) Genetic abnormalities (iv) All of them

 

(F)Many addicts become

(a) a nuisance to family and society

unless interested in studies

(i) enslaved and unhappy

(iv) Alll of them

(e) The desire to gain materialistic benefits has made us lose our cherished values. 

True

(h) Who can we blame for the increased number of addicts?

(i) chemists who dispenses dangerous drugs without any prescription 

drug authorities whose job is to monitor the sale of drugs

(ii) health authorities who are themselves involved in scams

(Iv)All of them

On the basis of the reading of the above passage, which word means "likely to cause harm or danger.

(i) aggressive

(ii) frightening

(iv) menace

(killer

Pick the opposite of the phrase "clever and dishonest way of making money".

 materialistic benefits

i) hard-earned money

(it) winning a lottery (iv) None of them