It is these drugs that probably took the life of two boys at the birthday party, when they were almost forcibly administered drugs by the two accused. Clearly the brazenness with which young boys on bikes move in with drugs and openly sell and consume it, has sent shockwaves, anger and hurt through the village. But unlike any other village in Goa, Curtorim has risen, with the young and the old, the policeman, the Priest and the politician meeting to jointly fight this fight. This became all the more moving when the mother of one of the deceased at the party joined the gathering and she spoke. And when she tried in vain to push back her tears and speak of her disciplined son who had never touched drugs but was forced to consume it at the party, she touched a very sensitive chord. Her words evoked a collective sadness and fear among most parents of the village and beyond. After all, a society’s decadence consumes the young and the virus of new and dangerous experiments hits Curtorim with the same velocity as Calangute.