The Legal Drug Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

Liquor is the legal drug
Sold through licensed liquor shop
And provided at every corner of the country
Like essential commodities.
In liquor, alcohol is the prime agent
It's available in two forms
Ethanol … suitable for humans to drink
And methanol, toxic to human
Ethanol combined with food substances
Like grapes, barley, sugar, yeast ….
Fermented and turned into liquor.

Liquor is commonly misused or abused
Its deleterious effects ruin the abuser
And the society too
It damages human personality, relationship
Alcohol is responsible for
Verbal and physical abuse of spouse, children
And break up of marriages
It also isolates the abuser from society
Yet govt. promotes it
Up to the lowest level of the society.

Not only it damages the abusers
And closest to them
But also to the unconnected
It is linked to violent crimes in neighborhoods
Risky sexual activity and automobile accidents
About 40 percent violence is connected to it
Police spends 22 percent of their time
On the cases involving alcohol
Yet govt. promotes it
To every class of people.

The Liquor has many side effects too ….
hangover, weight gain, high BP
It damages liver, pancreas, intestine, kidney
Creates cancer, depression, tolerance
Causes death of brain cells,
Reduction of memory, sleeping disorder
Makes people alcohol dependent
Reduces sexual performance
employee takes sick leave about 13 percent
Due to alcohol problem
Yet govt. promotes it
Up to the grass root level of the society.

Govt. says, it generates employment
In production, marketing,
Distribution, catering, services
Hotels, bars, brothels ….
Also it generates huge amount of taxes
But it's not the fact
It's like the long teeth of elephant
Only to show, root cause is different
Govt. promotes liquor
For youth's spine weak
And to rule safely.