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Punch Newspapers Sections PUNCH EDITORIAL PUNCH EDITORIAL Published 14 March 2021 AFTER a deceptively-long intermission, a new era seems to be unfolding in Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking and abuse. Noted for his élan, Buba Marwa, the new Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, is sweeping the recesses of Nigeria’s hard drugs corridors with a vigorous broom. To underline this, there have been major seizures of hard drugs at various points nationwide since he assumed office. This exposes the growing menace of illegal drug abuse by Nigerians, particularly in the urban centres. A 2019 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that the adverse health consequences of drug use were more widespread than previously thought. In Nigeria, the most widely used drugs include cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, but new synthetic drugs are also increasingly being abused across the country. West, Central and North Africa are exper

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