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VIENNA: The cheap, easy and fast production of synthetic drugs has radically transformed illicit drug markets around the world, with 'lethal results,' the United Nations warned Sunday (Monday in Manila).
He urged stakeholders to take a people-centered approach in addressing drug addiction, saying addicts are also humans who deserve understanding and support to recover from the downward path of drugs.
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd.) has decried the use illicit drugs among young persons of school age in Nigeria, saying “it has taken a worrisome dimension.”
A wholesome approach is needed to check drug abuse; rehabilitation not social isolation can cure the drug addicts The problem of drug abuse has assumed a critical proportion globally. This year’s World Drug Day is appropriately themed ‘People First: Stop Stigma and Discrimination, Strengthen
Mr Suberu said that children who were not properly informed were at greater risk of engaging in unsafe behaviours and experimenting with drugs.