Beware of 542: The Death Code Which one is 542 again? So many slangs are flying about these days, it is very hard to catch up. What’s 542, you ask again. Okay, first of all, we will tell you what it isn’t. No, it’s not a WhatsApp hack. No, it’s not a new dance style to rival Zanku and no, it is not the beginning of a Beyonce’s song. It’s another code word for Rohypnol, a tranquillizer that is about ten times more potent than Valium. Some of the young students from the ages of 12 to 15 in some Senior Grammar Schools can tell you all about it. And that is not a joke! A 14-year-old student, Akin, in SSI explained that he had a friend who had just arrived from his village to Lagos (he would not disclose his village) and in no time the boy had joined a group of boys in the Saga area of Lagos. His friends ‘candy’ of choice was 542, the boy explained as he shook his head. “ He just came from the village ehn. He went with some people and now everything has spoilt for him. They carried him to t...
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