Drug abuse ends all dreams

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By Sam Eyoboka

LIKE the hydra-headed monster called corruption, unless the nation make deliberate efforts to under-stand the intricacies of drug use or misuse it will be difficult to tackle the me-nace because it has been shown that drug or substance abuse can be a pharmacolog-ical and epigenetic barrier for HIV/AIDS treatment.

marijuana smokers Drug abuse ends all dreams
File: Results from the latest NOI Poll showed that 9 in 10 Nigerians believe the highest abusers of drugs and substance are teenagers and young adults aged between 15 and 29 years old.It has also emerged true from this poll that the most abused substance in Nigeria is marijuana.

Appreciation of the colossal damage, drug use has caused the nation is perhaps the first noble step to tackling the increasing number of young people walking them-selves into the fast lane that often leads them to phychiatric homes and most often truncate their dreams.

Addiction has been defined as a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by co-mpulsive drug use despite…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper