Bangladeshi youth 'huffing Danti' shoe glue as drug use rises - Dhaka

01/09

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A young boy 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

02/09

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A young boy 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

03/09

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A tiny boy takes shoe glue as drugs locally called ‘Danti’.

04/09

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A group of children 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

05/09

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A young boy 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

06/09

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Children quarrel with each other over shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

07/09

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A group of children take shoe glue as drugs locally called ‘Danti’ what harmful for mental and physical health.

08/09

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A young boy 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

09/09

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A group of children 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’.

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Drug addiction is increasing among the street children who live without a family, love and care. Bangladeshi youth are 'huffing' shoe glue, a drug locally called ‘Danti’, which is seriously harmful to mental and physical health.

Up to 17 percent of street children in capital Dhaka are addicted to drugs,
Youths at risk as Bangladesh is being used as a corridor of drugs
A officer from department of Narcotic Control, said that the number of drug-addicted children (8 to 12 years old) is around 14.5 percent in Bangladesh.
Especially the children have to be protected from drug addiction, 70 to 80 percent drug addicts in Bangladesh are aged between 15 to 20.
These youths take drugs due to unemployment, poverty and frustration, adverse family environment, easy access to drugs.