{"id":157094,"date":"2025-03-28T20:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/calabar-psychiatric-hospital-over-filled-with-drug-cases-ndlea"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:23:54","slug":"calabar-psychiatric-hospital-over-filled-with-drug-cases-ndlea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/calabar-psychiatric-hospital-over-filled-with-drug-cases-ndlea","title":{"rendered":"Calabar psychiatric hospital over filled with drug cases \u2013 NDLEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has raised the alarm over rampant drug abuse in Cross River State, stating that even the federal psychiatric hospital is now overcrowded with youths who have indulged in various forms of drug use.<\/p>\n

Deputy Commander of Narcotics, Drug Demand Reduction Department in Cross River State, Nandi Roselyn Ada, expressed deep concern over the alarming increase in drug usage in the state.<\/p>\n

She spoke during a street walk organized by the Niger Delta Students Union Government, NIDSUG, in Calabar, led by its National President, Promise Scott Ogunsere, to sensitize students and youths on the dangers of drug use, cybercrimes, money laundering, cultism, gangsterism, political thuggery, rape, murder, and other social vices.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot presently give accurate statistics of those arrested, but I can tell you that the situation is very alarming and worrisome. We are overwhelmed and deeply concerned about the steep rise in drug addiction in Cross River State.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn most streets of Calabar and other major towns in the state, young people are running mad as a result of drug abuse and addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a hereditary problem but drug abuse. Go to the psychiatric hospital in Calabar\u201490% of the inmates are youths who became drug addicts. In many drug wards, those with milder conditions are rejected to accommodate more severe cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the narcotics officer, drug abuse affects everyone, directly or indirectly, and drug-induced crimes are now rampant in Cross River.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UN Office on Drugs and Crime has a list of over 3,000 substances, and a significant number of them are abused in Cross River, especially Cannabis Sativa, commonly called \u2018Igbo\u2019 or marijuana.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur future leaders are dying, and many others are trapped in drug addiction. Faceless individuals are using them as conduits to make money while their own biological children are in safe environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone should stand up against drug abuse in the state and Nigeria as a whole. This is not the burden of NDLEA alone,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

National President of NIDSUG, Comrade Scott Ogunsere, said that after the campaign in Cross River, they would take it to the other eight states in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll take this campaign against social vices to all nine Niger Delta states and across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appeal to students and youths to shun drugs, cultism, pipeline vandalism, kidnapping, and other crimes,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

Acting Governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odey, represented by the Special Adviser on Student Affairs, Eyam Joseph Kelvin, stated that the government is against cybercrimes and is providing alternatives to dissuade youths from engaging in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing all we can to gainfully engage the youths by providing opportunities across various sectors. Globally, cybercrime is illegal. As a government, we are totally against it and other social crimes,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has raised the alarm over rampant drug abuse in Cross River State, stating that even the federal psychiatric hospital is now overcrowded with youths who have indulged in various forms of drug use. 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