₦airaland Forum

gnykelly:
go Alaba or go ladipo you go see as the number of able bodied Bachelor full street. Guys plenty pass women

You're lying o. Go to the hospital and take stats of the number of male vs female births over a one month period, then come back and delete this your post.

My brother, I usually develop headache anytime I start thinking about Nigeria and her issues.
Nigeria is a country where people rationalise wrongs and justify criminality for as long as it has not affected them directly.
Our leaders often preach patriotism but when you observe the actions and inactions of these leaders, you wonder if they really understand the meaning of patriotism. I have also wondered on many occasions, if our leaders truly desire and believe in the idea of one indivisible nation like they claim, because their actions don't show that they're honestly desirous of a one Nigeria.
Take our healthcare sector for instance, that has become comatose due to several years of maladministration by medical doctors. Buhari came on board with the promise to end capital flight due to medical tourism, yet Buhari has shown no political will to right the wrongs in our health sector. Instead, he would rather fly to the UK to get medical care.

The problems are just too much! If our political leaders know that the country is too complex for them to manage, why not split it into smaller units for effective management

Calitoscassius:
Yes! Some addicts may have being victims, besides they shouldn't take to drugs when they are at their lowest or experiencing psychological problems, Some of us managed to deal with our psychological issues without taking drugs.

Yes, i agree that drugs are controlled and prescribed in some developed countries, i explained that already in my last comment.


Yes, i know how drug taking starts. I ve dealt with, come across, being aquinted with numerous junkies. .

All you have mentioned about Nigeria are true, same with other developing countries like Vietnam where this guy has being handed a death sentence. Hence my suggestion to them to take the developed countries approach to dealing with traffickers which does not include sentencing them to death.

A person who takes paracetamol as i stated for 12 months or more DAILY is an addict, i don't know what you meant by regularly, I mean, how regular? Until it become an addictions. Remember addicts ussually starts with over the counter drugs or painkillers like paracetamol until they escalates to other hard substances.

SOME people can stop taking paracetamol easily whereas some cannot, the ones who cannot stop carries on to become (drug) paracetamol or other painkillers addict. Which can escalate to heroine, cocaine and cracks.

I know people who takes cocaine occassionally, weekends. like at parties, nightclubs and at home just to relax and they never end up dead or junkies. It is about self control hence again i say drug addictions are self inflicted.


Look, we can debate about drugs till next week but it is what it is. It boils down to as i ve said in the beginning, before people end up addicts they should have said NO to drugs.

Technically speaking, paracetamol is not a drug of abuse as it does not activate the reward center in the brain as much as does the classical drugs of abuse, hence it does not contribute to drug addiction burdens. That does not mean it should be MISUSED since it also has its own health complications.

And I maintain, that Vietnam and other countries that hand the death sentence to traffickers are right in their judgements, I'll even suggest that other countries adopt the death penalty option against drug traffickers to help curb the menace.

Thank you

That's a good one from the FG.

Calitoscassius:
You are not wrong but not entirely, remember if there are no addicts there would be no traffickers and dealers. And in developed countries like Europe, America and the UK people are so addicted to the extent that doctors prescribes drugs for some people legally. Some high court judges, police, teachers, nurses and people in all kinda proffessions, class and personalities take prescribed opioids to either treat or manage depressions, stress and pains of their everyday lives. In the US some states have legalised class C drugs like marijuana, in Amsterdam marijuana are legalised also. The UK is considering legalising marijuana too although people in the UK can buy marijuana oil legally from government approved shops. So marijuana has become something that police in the UK do not arrest people for smoking it anymore. Whereas years back people were jailed for it. And crime rate connected to dealing and smoking marijuana has completely fallen. Developing countries needs to soften maybe de-regulate peharps even legallise drugs and treat it as an illness for addicts, prescribe and control it through doctors and hospitals. That would reduce trafficking and other crimes connected to drugs

Did you know that anyone who takes paracetamol daily for the last 12 months or more is a drug addict?

Criminalisng and putting dealers to death is completely unnercerssary. Again traffickers are not only to blame, addicts should take some responsibilities too by saying NO TO DRUGS.

I see the drug addicts as the victims, because people take to drugs when they are at their lowest psychological states. Most of these addicts are completely ignorant of what they are getting into when they take their first dose. I hope you know how drug addiction develops? It starts from the first, second, third doses until the problem of DEPENDENCE develops. Dependence is both physical and psychological. Physical in the sense that the drug changes your normal body homeostasis such that you cannot function physically unless you take the drug ie without the drug, your normal body systems don't function normally( eg, blood flow, heart rate, etc become impaired). Psychological dependence implies that your brain now demands for the drug without your conscious control(literally).
Now, considering the above scenarios, isn't it obvious that the addict is the victim of the traffickers I believe that eliminating the traffickers would help curb the rate at which people take to drugs when they are depressed.

About use of prescription opioid in the west, you'll agree with me that in the west, they have a well coordinated system that ensures that the drugs are used solely on prescription ie the doctor prescribes and the pharmacist dispense, counsel and monitor the patients. Even the bulk supply of such drugs are strictly controlled. It is not 'business' as usual where anybody can just wake up one day and start selling drugs like we have in Nigeria. In a nutshell, they don't sell drugs just to make profit like people do in Nigeria. If profit-making becomes the major motivation for dealing on drugs, dealers would not care about the consequences of the drugs, they'll be concerned only about how much profit they make. This is the major problem with the Nigerian drug market, and that is why no hard drug should be legalized in Nigeria because if we do, we'll just create a very messed up society with very low life expectancy and increased number of mad people roaming the streets, because we cannot enforce strict control of such drugs. We have not been able to control normal therapeutic drugs let alone those ethical drugs.

And a person who takes paracetamol regularly cannot be said to be a drug addict( drug misuser maybe the correct term here) because the person can easily stop taking the paracetamol on his/her own without facing serious withdrawal effects unlike hard drugs addicts who could die from withdrawal symptoms. So, they're not the same.

Cut down the number of political appointees and also reduce salaries and allowances of political office holders. Channel the funds to capital expenditures.

1Sharon:
Not everybody is addicted to drugs

I never implied that

Calitoscassius:
So many addicts have being rehabilitated, believe it or not I know a lot of former and current addicts and dealers, look! you may not like drug dealers or agree with what they do, there are still so much drugs out there, there are still so many dealers and traffickers and there are still so many addicts also... As well are there are so many anti-drugs awareness and informations out there. Drug taking has always been a choice and addictions are self inflicted. The anti-drug war has being going on for decades, arrests prosecutions and jailing of offenders and so many death penalties has being passed and performed also for decades yet people STILL trafficks, deals and take drugs. It has become like an epidemic over decades hence as i ve said earlier developed countries sees no need to execute offenders any longer..

In the end all people had to do from dealers, traffickers and drug addicts is SAY NO! TO DRUGS. That has always being the clear message for years. You cannot just lay the blames on traffickers only.

Ciao!

Of course, people still traffic drugs mostly to countries that have refused to adopted the death sentence. Compare the flow of drugs in countries with no death sentence to that of countries with the death sentence, you'll find out that countries that apply the death sentence are better off. I mean, it is mostly the diehard traffickers that still carry drugs to those Asian countries, while the majority of traffickers prefer the American and European routes. What does that tell? It tells that applying the death sentence in all countries may eventually end the menace. Therefore, I believe that the death sentence should be adopted by all countries as a measure against drug trafficking and abuse.

Drug traffickers are murderers who kill people at their lowest psychological states and make money in the process!
Drugs traffickers also serve as catalyst to insecurity in many countries.
That bokoharam, bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers, rapists etc are operating freely in Nigeria today can be traced in one way or the other to drugs and drug traffickers!!!

Agugbadin:
All drug traffickers are murderers.

Exactly bro.

Raychee:
Nobody passes fair judgments based on assumptions or jumping into conclusions. There is no proof in this particular case that he has killed anybody and as such the judgement of a death sentence is unjust.

Go and argue that with the Vietnamese authority. Thank God it's not Nigeria where you people try to justify criminal activities until the day you become the victims.

Raychee:
Lol. I lack understanding that drug kills? What a conclusion to draw from the two lines i typed "OH YE KNOWLEDGABLE LORD" He isn't forcing anybody into buying or shoving it down their throats so what is the justification for the death sentence? A lengthy prison time would have sufficed.

He isn't forcing anyone to take the drugs but he knows quite well that the person can get killed by the drugs and that the addict can also kill under the influence of these drugs. He is not different from a murderer! You tried to make it seem like he never killed anyone from trafficking drugs and that was why I assumed you lack knowledge of how drugs kill.

Once again, the death sentence was well passed!

Calitoscassius:
Total rubbish, people still smokes drugs in the streets of New york, los angeles and california. London UK, Amsterdam and Paris. The drug dealers are still in business. Look as long as the dealers are not shoving the drugs down the throats of addicts or their buyers their crimes are not worst than murderers. An addict can be rehabilitated but a death person cannot be ressurected. That is why developed countries do not sentence drug dealers or traffikers to death.

How many drug addicts get rehabilitated in the long run? Just a few lucky ones. The rest end up dying mostly from health complications triggered by these drugs or via suicide. Also, most murder cases such as mass shootings have been shown to be committed by people under the influence of drugs.

As far I am concerned, drug traffickers are like money ritualists who kill people to make money. I don't blame addicts because most times, people take to drugs out of ignorance when they are at their lowest points and then they get addicted to it.

Cnach:
U have to understand him, he was not talking about what drug does but has offenders been getting death sentence before now or is he the first. pls if u can clarify him on that

Yes! In Vietnam and most Asian countries, drug trafficking carries the death penalty.

Raychee:
Is it possible to appeal or something... i mean he's did wrong but the death sentence is too harsh for trafficking drugs... Not all murderers even get the death sentence

The death sentence on him is well deserved!

You typed the above because you lack the understanding that drugs kill, hence drug traffickers also kill. In fact, killing by drugs is even worst, because a drug user not only kills himself but can also kill others around him/her.

My people perish for lack of knowledge!

Ohanaeze ndi Igbo and other Igbo leaders need to start a campaign against drug trafficking by Igbo guys. This rubbish is getting out of hand. Am I the only igbo person that is always embarrassed each time news like this pops up on this forum

University education in Nigeria is exam focused and not knowledge focused. In an exam focused system, students focus more on scoring A in the exams as against understanding the concepts being taught in the different courses.

And yes, it is possible to score A's in a course without understanding the course. This can be done by focusing on solving past questions and following the lecturer's "AOCs"(examinable parts of a course). At the end, you score an A and come out with first class with little or no knowledge of your course.

ESN lacks wisdom and intelligence in their modus operandi. They seem to be comprised of motor park touts and all the efulefus of anaigbo, that is why I don't support them.

If you know you have sharp mouth as a lady, please and please, never marry a hot tempered man. Double-test the man's endurance level before accepting his marriage proposal. In fact, make sure that his level of "simpness" on a scale of 10 is at least 8.

RIP to the lady.

lilyheaven:

His reward is in heaven

No be small thing o

Please do everything you can to reset his brain o. I have seen this happen countless number of times!

A man from my village was wrecked by those criminal pastorpreneurs. A man who was doing very well in his business in Onitsha until he met those scammers. Right now, all he does is carry bible from one motor park to another and depending on handouts to feed.

That's a good one from the southeast governors. They should ensure that those criminals in ESN do not infiltrate this noble security outfit.

Sharingiscaring:
Okay. How many of them have been awaiting trial for 10 years?


What you're having is a wish. The truth is that most of these people are not more criminal than you. Next, those of them who are real criminals would be too afraid to do crimes now lest they be caught and returned to prison.

I'm in the South-East, and I can tell you that nothing has changed for the worse since the jailbreak. The Fulani herders and their protectors are our main problems, not these people.

And what should be the natural habitat for your killer herders, Boko Haram, bandits, and even Hisbah? You guys keep thinking in very distorted ways and you think that you are doing others. Sorry, you are doing yourself after all.

You're damaging your thinking faculties. Just imagine...

Northerners would come to the South and kill and you support it with your conspiracy of silence. But if a Northerner dies in the South, you dunce leaders like Matawale will SHOUT and start inciting your brainless populace to violence. IT WILL NOT CONTINUE THAT WAY. If only you've got some brains in there, you will see that you are shooting yourselves on the foot.

Ewu!!!! Mmeeeee!
When they'll start unleashing the criminal in them on hardworking Igbos, you'll still blame government for insecurity!

Many of you supporting this jailbreak either have serious amnesia or are kids in your teens!

Athemisia:
You can't compare people like that... we all have different immune system.

Secondly, the problems face at old age are usually long chronic illness not given much attention in young age.

Thirdly, they don't have same diet.

It's not about immune system or diets. It's about managed healthcare for the elderly!

In the developed healthcare system, elderly people with chronic diseases receive specialized healthcare services from different healthcare specialists, from physicians to pharmacists that supply their drugs, to dieticians etc. All these add up to improve their overall health outcomes and quality of life. Same does not apply in our clime.

jclassiq:
Oga you are right. If you want "hookup", and I'm sure you know what hookup means, then social media is the place for you. However if you want marriage, then my advice is to avoid social media like a leper. Reason: normal people don't live all their lives on social media. The odds are you won't find a satisfying relationship there.

So, you're abnormal since you're still on social media And mind you, being on social media does not mean the person lives all his/her life on social media. Many people on social media are gainfully employed, but comes to social media to have fun when they're less busy.

As for the phrasal verb " hookup", it does not necessarily mean sexual meetings, it is also used to refer to kicking off a love relationship.

What you should state is the fact that the north is more politically united than the south. Even those of them from north central readily align with the north east and north west during presidential elections.

While in the south, we keep fighting ourselves and seldom form a common front like the north. Population wise, the north has the upper hand and that is the more reason why the south need to unite politically.

Meanwhile, there's an urgent need to restructure the country to ensure equity in distribution of resources, so that we'll have less grumblings and agitations among the different regions. I believe that would help sustain the country and prevent her from eventual collapse.

I think he stated what he meant wrongly. Maybe he meant; when in a serious relationship don't bring your relationship matters to social media.

I don't think hooking up on social media is a bad idea. You can get to know someone through sm and from there establish a great relationship. Personally, I don't judge people based on their social media posts because I understand that many of us post stuff out of boredom on SM different from whom we really are in person. The ideal thing is meet people physically and relate before forming an opinion about their personality. People on SM are still the same people on the streets.

CSTRR:
That is bullshit.

They charged him huge sums of money, did one or two jobs on him and sent him back.

He is already old and there is little hospitals can do at a certain stage.

I am pretty sure he's not older than 70yrs. Bidden is 78yo and yet still strong and kicking. Prince Philip just died at 99yo.

In a good healthcare system, old people are specially managed to live longer, especially those with chronic conditions like diabetes. Why do you think your president rushes to the UK whenever he needs medical care

The proper medical care he got in the US was able to extend his life by 6yrs. If we had a functional healthcare system in Nigeria, I'm sure he wouldn't have died now. I'm very sure of that. But our religious people will claim that this is his time to die.

RIP

Nobody grows old again in this country due to poor healthcare system.


RIP to the dead.

Trendishine:
Reprobate !!! Sounding like a typical fool you're.. No coherence. Look at the theory you have on your numb skull.. Assistant Nnamdi KANU. He discussed that with you in your cockcroach infested rat hole where you come from..Bastard.
You're already a full blown sufferer of the iniquity you support and belong too. Coward.
Look at where Nigeria has left you and you cannot pity your children and your family enough, but want to drag them into the nonsense, because you're either stealing crumbs from the table of what garlic smelling illiterate Fulani's have thrown to your shameless self.
Manure eating reprobate.
I have said you can never be an Igbo man, in this your life and in your wildest dream.
Troglodyte.

Foool! Keep sounding like a broken record instead of thinking and using your head. You think freedom is won by noisemaking and instigating violence that you'll end up running away from like your cowardly Nnamdi Kanu If you want to be tutored on how learned people fight for and win independence, then pay me for the tutorial!

For now, keep on dreaming that your slave master Nnamdi Kanu will give you Biafra, but please while dreaming, stop instigating violence that may consume innocent and hardworking Igbos going about their legitimate businesses in Igboland.

JidennaJason:
We learn everyday...


Here in Warri, nah "Kobo Leg" we dey call am..

This is not meant to spite any lady here, but I notice that most Nigeria ladies have this Kobo leg, even Cristiano Ronaldo have it as well.

I love ladies with bow legs sha, Especially when they're on jean or gown, it's kinda sexy

It's sexy only when the bowleg has some flesh. Not the tinny kind that look like bent palm sticks.