Big topic today is drug abuse they are also sold drugs alcohol Prescription Medication and even my wana most of these have become accepted and legal in different parts of the world other drugs remain illegal and for good reason drug abuse has been linked to crime and addiction and habit or drug use this gun harmed themselves and obvious to start off weve got a video message from. A graffitti artist from Nairobi Kenya he and his friends used to brighten up the walls of the neighborhood and highlight issues affecting them check it out. Does it use to. Be. Mean its. Easy to. Use. To. Believe that these. Was a huge mistake. You can see more from an Instagram Page and you can always tell us which topics interest you by emailing us 7 to 7 at the w. Dot com now to talk about the drug abuse i will be joined right now in the studio by someone who lost a lot about it she is that journalist and filmmaker maya whos documentary about drug use was even nominated for an international in your ward this is why. Investigative journalist drona my accompanied 9. Heriot anti drug squads battling dealers of coding a highly addictive cough syrup my as work exposed Pharmaceutical Company selling the drug illegally and codings devastating affects the ensuing documentary resulted in nigeria banning the production of coding. Welcome ruina and congrats on you or any i was the very life or the feeling is amazing i mean money yeah because i have a tongue go up on my wall man every day i look at it and i say oh was that me. Its amazing thats all i can say a 2nd to describe it micah yeah now you know when on Prescription Drug abuse is very personal because your brother struggled with drug addiction how is he being festival oh hes doing very well for a long time hes being totally clean. And hes doing so well that there might just be wedding bells ringing in the family that is really really great news thank you and you said this in your documentary that if in one person changed or decided not to use corbin after seeing this documentary you must you would have done your job yes you feel like you have done their job i think i have because ive had this whole deluge of press now emails to me. Even more than 2 years after last week i had one of the emails i had was from a 40 year old who told me he was very he had watched my documentary and was piece to say that now hes free he said his addiction i 35. 00 so that just goes to show that drug addiction current grip anybody young or old and regardless of social status your film streets reschooling which was aired on b. B. C. Lead to the bomb of quid in production in nigeria vs on how well is that done what can. Well survey honest michael i think its a mixed bag yes it did lead to the ban of production of cording and selling of coding it also meant that nigerias food and drug agency was allowed to now return to the port after many years so they can immediately inspect a consignment of food and drugs however as we know with. Drug addiction being a business sellers and addicts have moved on to or the drugs or the opiates so while you may not see coding in the markets as much you see optic op rise in demand and supply of opiates like tramadol and this is now becoming the main problem how big of a problem is that it is such a big problem got. More than a quarter of all the trauma dollars seized in the world if you years ago was from africa where seeing spikes in all sorts of social classes some people take it just recreate the markets women take it to just get by but this we were back on a functional taking up to 12 pills a day so its becoming a problem interesting points there ana now from the abuse of cording to a trial model west africa is experience in a drug crisis in 2017 west africa counted for 77 percent of all tramadol seized worldwide and the following story right now takes us to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. Monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. Officially the synthetic opioid is only imported in 50. 00 to 100. 00 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets 3. 00 to 5. 00 times higher in dosage. Those pills are then passed on to Street Vendors like henry kane the 19 year old maker. Profit every day. I was and i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the current a pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who dont have jobs they all come to me to buy my pills. Kane says hes tried the drug and knows its effects but hell keep selling as long as theres a market. Sometimes i think it myself because i want to know what it is like the feeling of it i take it and i like it i see why people come to me and buy a dividend i know its not food to people and it is illegal ive got nothing to do with the people that have come in to buy it or what it will do to them i just want my money to live. Across town godwin tirade sees the effects of this cheap drug on addicted individuals his group with its neighborhoods and small teams to meet uses today there in boston quarters a Slum Community in monrovia. People weve talked to theyve said that they abuse drugs because they dont have a job to do. So in this regard we recommend the government to create if you posit a building that you yourself will help young people from being idle the library regular authorities should take a supervisor role. In absorbing all those promises 7 pharmaceutical drugs. In the meantime tyreese group tries to counsel drug users as best they can 2 across the border in the ivory coast tramadol is known as the poor mans cocaine young people use tramadol on a massive scale. A construction worker started using tramadol 8 years ago. With almost instrumental model. And you take it before going to work yes i always take it to go to work and how much did you buy it for 500 francs for 1. 500. 00 francs because about 75. 00 euro cents if taken orally at high enough doses the opioid can produce a stimulating euphoric effect useful for long working days and to escape daily hardship. Tramadol is sold legally in ivory coast its not essential medicine used in hospitals and to treat chronic pain this pharmacist however suspects tramadol is often used for non medical purposes. And other things to do with some of those we see that some of those increase crime more often and more and more young people come in asking for it recently the demand was really high or people realized that we wouldnt give it to them without a prescription so now they dont come in as often as you go. On a bus. Most of west africas tramadol is manufactured in labs in china and india it is then imported legally and illegally to west african countries. Tramadol sold on the black market can come in dangerously high doses and can also be laced with other substances about 2 years ago authorities in abidjan realized that they were facing a massive problem on the new didnt somebody in 2018 we seized more than 40 tons of from a dog and among what we see discovered some tramadol with doses of 300 milligrams so we intensified our efforts and started tracking down people selling tramadol on the black market to live under the thumb of those in russia. But the epidemic hasnt stopped at the blue cross clinic the number of young people who have experimented with tramadol worries doctors addicts are often brought here by relatives who cant deal anymore with aggression constant need for money or mood swings. The addiction comes very quickly some of those the type of drug that you can say hi to one day and the next day it has taken over the rest of your life over the long term consumption and highly concentrated tablets increase the risk of overdose and side effects like anxiety convulsions and trouble breathing but these arguments are not enough to stop using tramadol. Party the 1st time it was out of curiosity but 1st time i tried i felt good so i thought its a good thing and from then on i started using it i was feeling well feeling good about myself i was taking it almost every day almost all the time really. Financial pressure Recreational Use and eventually addiction pushed young west africans towards the drug. Trial model seems to be very complicated drug on the one hand its legal for the management of pain but clearly based on the film weve seen their money in which these people use it makes it a problem what is for this increase in the use of tramadol so i think what mainly fails the increase in the use of tramadol is its very nature if you had to move think of it as a business if you had to move cough syrup you would have to handle bottles you would have to think of packing it so it doesnt break on the way this is liquid but when it comes to trauma it is a night team foil packs it is in. All sorts of capsules i mean theyre coming up with really creative ways to transport trauma door just in september i think 2017 you had 3000000 tramadol pills in asia that were disguised in you and logo boxes so the nature of commodore means it can move very fast also you can easily and thats what sellers do. They easily get manufacture as in asia to actually these guys tramadol in terms of not just higher dosage but also to disguise the name so that they can in some way pass this of as normal drugs and in some a poor state un has said that former extremist or boko haram members who have been arrested they have found a model in the opposition. Popular with extremist groups well from what we know its a relaxant some users say they feel more relaxed and i think there was an interview with a suicide bomber who feel that the task and they were actually given the tramadol so that they would be more relaxed and be able to take on this very deadly mission. Its also being used among fighters as well those are documented and its also actually noted as being sold as well by extremists to make money so as i say its a business at the core of this is the business of addiction. And how is it that within the sub region does business exist and yet regional bodies like echo are said National Governments cannot address this problem i like to put blame on them but thats the simplistic view west africa is traditionally by its very location in historic trade route and that this trade by board does by land by sea. Countries are so close together that its very easy for drugs to move through but also very hard for regulators to take control when you have a poor us border people will always try to find a way to be onus of winning countries that are more on top of things we see drug use as well we see the rise in opiates for instance in the u. S. So i would like to borrow one of the words of one of the Law Enforcement brave Law Enforcement officer in kabul 9 geria and he said the war on drugs is never one when you win one battle you have to move to the next its a war its an ongoing war now from young people using drugs assess kate we turn to someone who has taken a different route chris oh but he left his hometown of worry in nigeria in search of a better life and ended up in italy there he uses the power of music to deal with the trauma of his journey. We know these are the. 3. Big enough to be my almost every scene from confidently sing along to the italian folk songs to see the young nigerian migrant camp and from an almost accent free to the local dialect you know sort of amazement from many of these. I was in the boskin i was just playing out on bum bum bum bum bum bum and they were like they were did they then you decided to and theyre like ok lets see if you let it. Lets see if you can sing the song. And then when i come home and i remember you came to me are like how did you learn this song do you know this song the spoonful bossiness is that yeah yeah yeah you know the song i love the song. Christopher gordy stage name crystal bay he has become something of a celebrity in cecily and all of. My going to the number 110 and a pretty young book. Chris was just 17 when he left his hometown in south a major area in such a better life in utah. Just to show 2 2 we are stronger. We just need to love. Each other but. Simming was. Cindy. Oh my god. Cindy come. See me. Standing god where. I my. Son you see. This in the days when he landed on the lampedusa beach in 2016 and you have the passage across the sahara languished in the libyan prison and survived the Mediterranean Sea today he says his music to process his trauma. Garson the larger event. And leaving the singing. Dream on. Months. Most. Their spirits are hard the very worst fear is a hard call me here passing through the desert and also the through the deceit after dark i go to contact with the music and the music changed my life. Creased taught himself to play the guitar in a Detention Camp in lampedusa at the time he probably didnt think much would come of it but in march 2020 priest was holding his 1st ever album in his hands to perform songs in english italian pidgin nigerian and his native son. Then big. I say is a really very important tool a son invest in the us a language which this music you can communicate music can create change a positive change and we say you know which i use my music for the positive vibes. Desert and sea to reach sicily now hes using music to make it his home. A few weeks ago we introduced you to. A group of children from the home and neighborhood of nairobi and theyve become little instagram celebrities because of their videos as we all know the u. S. Elections are right around the corner so produce less closely by the case for t. W. Heres the take on some of the not trumps memorable speeches in the National Pride is swelling our hearts and staring are so also true the strength of our nation found in the heart of our people so true when any one hurts we all heard together and thats so true ive always wanted to see a sumo tournaments so true in moments of despair we witnessed the true character of the American People so true to build a truly great cheer we shouldnt begin by gathering words cutting boards or disc. Pretty work but instead by awakening within the people and the desire for the vast and endless see through our farmers are our future so true farm country is gods country. So true so true so true so true so true. Simply and those. I think they get a perfectly from nairobi less head to ghanas largest city might not be your typical holiday destination but its a hotbed of creative talent and one of those talents on the right coa long as the poet musician shows us our own 1st Industrial City hello my name is tommy writes im a Police Officer of this right i was introduced to my c. P. Camera which im gonna ride to people. Is a port city near the town named capital opera its the brainchild of kaunas founding father Kwame Nkrumah wanted to build a new part of africas 1st postcolonial nation and a modern city to go with it. Right to mind is an endless source of inspiration. In the hot. Like to see plug on the floor to collect plane parts. Have been right in the 1st by family rights. And once a combination its a percent imports exports. Is often called Container City the former fishing village now handles 80 percent of imports and exports the trade now includes goods for transit. Countries like. Mali and new jim. Jim is very much the working class hero named cities and the Industrial Buildings are a monument to the citys recent history walking through them every day and tell you the pride of. These 97 pound just Like Operation the one. Through the city which was in the morning the group think if i wasnt welcome back then i read here is the g. M. C. Married young rascal your point 0 running to me right now. Brings us to community 7 the neighborhood where he grew up. And a few like minded friends of the library he hosts readings and creative events for children with the book should encourage kids to enjoy a long journey with literature hence the name. Which means the bicycle that can ride very long distances. So they can come here for free we already have. 5000. 00 books and. This is where we are. Also thinking about. When climbing isnt making music or had to change kids he hangs out at one of his favorite haunts the to my fish market. His mom used to have a stand here so comma feels right at home. So this is the place where i get the fresh fish right from the. Frame i may come up with. Now known for its Big Industrial gym and retains the feel of the. Fishing village it once was. And for the locals theres plenty of to my pride. Make it a point to visit the next time your im gonna sadly we have come to the end of the show if you want to get in touch with us send us an email 7 to 7. All connected on social media will leave you with some music from t. V. This is blinds for my rights thats watching see you next time. For a long night for the right. One. For you. I like. For you. But youre. My. Mom. For. Sure good. Morning. Bill. Slow. Slow. Slow. Slow. Slow. Not like him. Being. Dismissive of the future. Electric motorcycle skimming. The tests. Are a lot of why i personally feel sorry. For which he has some means to challenge. On double. Time it was the 1st International Tribunal in history. 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