NEW November 25-December 1, 2013
*GOA’S DRUG MENACE: Little changed in decades - 1* This investigative article by *Lionel Messias* appeared on GOA TODAY (January, 1986: THE DRUG MENACE: GETTING HIGH) and is being reproduced now to show that the drug menace as it existed in the Eighties continues in the same vein (pun intended) four decades later with the only change being that the kind of drugs available today are more sophisticated in their chemistry and as a result the *carte du jour *has both diversified and multiplied. Inflation too caught up as it has with every other market commodity. After reading this, you may want to add that in the Goa of today, the consumer profile has however changed dramatically. You would be right in thinking that. *GOA’S DRUG MENACE: Little changed in decades - 1* *Lion Roars – 31* *Slaughter mining makes them rich* …………….Jena acquired an iron ore mines in Goa, Indonesia and possibly in Malaysia and is reportedly a relative of the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Jena. He is also reportedly very close to several of Goa’s mining politicians (both BJP and Congress) and regularly handles their cargo. In fact, it is no surprise that Jena, an IIT New Delhi graduate, and earlier one of the largest suppliers of hardware and software to the Central Government and State Governments, got into the mining business in 2005-06 after establishing Jena Enterprises at Margao…………… http://goanspirit.com/index.php/lion-roars/lion-roars-2013/431-lion-roars-31 *The foreign influx - 1* *Circa 2013, Goa has become Terra Nova* Back in the eighties, a busload of German tourists from Dabolim airport were met by anti-tourism activists with a splash of cow dung. Such was the opposition to foreign tourists coming to Goa because Goans were worried (not xenophobic) that outsiders would come and ruin Goan culture, devastate the land and Goa would never be the same again. And in retrospect, their fear seems to have been borne out, although there have been exceptions, because Goa has become a playground – whether we like to admit or not – for those who want to “partay”, for those who want to snort/sniff/swallow/smoke drugs and the less said the better about the land. Here not just foreign tourism, but domestic tourism should take the lion’s share of the blame. Full story: http://goanspirit.com/index.php/bits-bytes/429-the-foreign-influx-1 -- Lionel Messias Editor, *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Tel: 0832-2884484 Mob:9822152164
