BY MUHAMMAD ABUBAKAR SADIQ
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Whenever we hear the word drug abuse, we automatically think of cocaine or marijuana because they are the two main substances that people would normally use as a means to get high. Well nowadays, things have changed. You would be surprised to know that people, especially teenagers and young adults are getting high from medicines that you would never expect, and one of the culprits is Cough Syrup. Cough Syrup with Codeine is typically used for treatment of cough but in recent times, some young people in Nigeria have turned to it as a drug of choice for getting high. Now, not everyone that misuses the directions for cough syrup is trying to get high.
President Ronald Reagan waged war against Columbia and Mexico because the United States foresee the extend that drugs trafficking can do to their growing generation if not curtailed immediately. The U.S government after years of planning and strategizing brought down Pablo Escobar and Medellin cartel but so many lives were lost in the war against drugs.o doing it greatly reduced the crime.
In order to curtail this issue the government should enact new law regulating the production and circulation of the hard drugs.The Pharmaceutical industries should be placed in check. Like a few months ago a BBC reporter made a feature about drugs and the role of the pharmaceutical industries in societal degradation. On the clip an employee of Emzor pharmaceuticals the producers of emzolyn Cough syrup was assuring the investigative reporter that he can get 3 to 4 cartons of the cough syrup in no time. Funny enough in each carton of the cough syrup it consists of 60 bottles. This is a serious matter we talking about.
President Ronald Reagan waged war against Columbia and Mexico because the United States foresee the extend that drugs trafficking can do to their growing generation if not curtailed immediately. The U.S government after years of planning and strategizing brought down Pablo Escobar and Medelin cartel but so many lives were lost in the war against drugs.
I have the misfortune of having watched the lives of people whom I love affected by this scourge. They lost virtually almost everything wife, job, career. We can help our loved ones end this behaviour by supporting them get medical support meaning rehabilitation facility. By fighting this menace it will do a lot putting out young men off the streets, those ravaged by the drug epidemic and it will greatly reduce crime rate. Recently in southern Nigeria a bandit took overdose dosage of tramadol which is a control drug but easily found in the street, he set out for a robbery, funny enough be reached the residence he intends to rob the drug set in and he had seizure which led to his apprehension.
Drug abuse epidemic is on the rise in northern Nigeria especially Kano and Jigawa. On a normal day two million bottles of codeine cough syrup is abused. Surprisingly no company produce this drugs in these states and these states have the highest market for the drugs. The abusers range from youths to married women. When asked what do they derive from the drug some say it helps them relax and clears their worries.
NAFDAC took a giant step recently by halting two pharmaceutical companies from production of cough syrup. This agency has been asleep for very long until it's crackdown of these companies that led to the escalating price of the cough syrup in the street. I must affirm the agency for the job they have done. Illegal drugs do More than alter the mood. They can cloud one's judgment, distort your perception, and alter reaction, all of which can put one in danger of accident and injury. These drugs got to be illegal in the first place because they are potentially addictive or can cause severe negative health effect. Any use of illegal substances is considered dangerous and therefore abusive.
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