{"id":67507,"date":"2022-06-29T17:39:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T16:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/29-4m-nigerians-abuse-drugs-ndlea"},"modified":"2022-06-29T19:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T18:43:14","slug":"29-4m-nigerians-abuse-drugs-ndlea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/29-4m-nigerians-abuse-drugs-ndlea","title":{"rendered":"29.4m Nigerians abuse drugs \u2013 NDLEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said fewer than 29.4 million Nigerians aged between 15 and 64 years abuse psychoactive substances and other dangerous drugs.<\/p>\n

The Anambra State Commandant of NDLEA, Florence Ezeonye stated this during a ceremony to mark this year\u2019s United Nations international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking in Awka.<\/p>\n

She painted a gloomy picture of the situation when she said that one in every four drug users is a female.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cThe truth on the ground indicates that our society needs to do more in the area of creating awareness of the damaging effects of drug abuse on human health.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe drug use and health survey of 2018 captured that 14.4% of the country\u2019s drug use prevalence is almost three times the global average of 5.6%. What is more disturbing is that the drug abuse cuts across all ages, gender, socioeconomic status and regions.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the survey, 14.3 million Nigerians aged 15-64 years use psychoactive substances such as alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and heroine, while 10.6 million abuse cannabis. Also, 4.6million others abuse pharmaceutical opioids such as codeine, tramadol, methamphetamine and morphine, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is worrisome to know that drug use was common among those aged 25-39years, the age of initiation for heroin was 22 years, while the age of cannabis sativa was 19 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cNotably these age groups comprise young people who are either in secondary or tertiary institutions or are on the cusp of graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo simplify the report of the survey, young people are overwhelmingly the majority of drug abusers in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n

She traced the problem to harsh conditions which had driven many into different vices leading to humanitarian and health crises.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said fewer than 29.4 million Nigerians aged between 15 and 64 years abuse psychoactive substances and other dangerous drugs. 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