Hard Drugs
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Before it is too late
- By solomon2day
- On 02/08/2024
- In Update with Solomon
The use of alcohol, illicit substances and hard drugs by students and youths has reached an all-time high in different parts of Nigeria. It has in fact become a social problem and menace.
Indeed, in states where Those-in-Charge generate revenue from illegal structures, illicit substances and alcohol are sold in makeshift kiosks along the road, under bridges and motor parks.
The insinuation is that the cream in society may be benefiting from the sales.
That is why it goes unabated.
These hard drugs have negatively affected the behavior and appearance of students and youths.
Of worry are the grievous and heinous crimes that are committed on a daily basis under the influence of alcohol and hard drugs.
It is high time the government at all levels take decisive steps to salvage those affected before it is too late because it has started having adverse effects on the socio-economic fortunes of the giant of Africa.
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Cameroonian Govt Orders Crackdown on Hard Drug Suppliers in Schools
- By solomon2day
- On 10/06/2019
- In News
The Cameroonian Government has ordered the idenfitication and crackdown on suppliers of hard drugs to schools.
The Government gave this order, recently, through the Minister of Terrotial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, during a meeting with administration and security officials in Douala.
The order is coming on the heels of the increasing rate of drug abuse amongst school children and the youth in the city of Douala and the rest of Littoral Region.
Atanga Nji maintained that urgent steps had to be taken to the curb trafficking of Tramol, Tramadol and cocaine in the region, just as he warned of the consequences of their abuse on school children and youth .
To stem the tide the Minister ordered that efforts be made to identify the sources of supply of these drugs a step towards apprehending as to the traffickers, while noting that synergy of action by all stakeholders was required to maintain the peace.
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