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IgbereTV reports that The World Drug Report of 2019 has put drug use prevalence in Nigeria at 14.4 percent of the population, representing 14.4 million Nigerians aged 15 to 64 years.

Elisha Mohammed, Registrar of Pharmarcists Council of Nigeria (PCN), on Thursday, October 31st in Kaduna made this known, when critical stakeholders gathered to brainstorm on alarming statistics on drug use prevalence in Nigeria and the way forward. Mohammed said curiosity and peer pressure were major factors pushing people especially school children and young persons into non-medical drug use.

The seminar which was organised by the PCN and Codeine Control and other Related Matters Working Group, was about drugs and substances abuse in Northwest. It was to provide a platform of interaction to increase awareness on effects of illicit drugs in the zone.

Mohammed said the Council was pained by the development, as it affected the country’s productive population. According to her, the use of illicit drugs have led to brain damage which is quite expensive to manage at rehabilitation centres. She appealed passionately to children steer clear of drug abuse, warning that it truncates life.

She said, “You have a great future. God has deposited a lot of potentials in you. Drug abuse affect the way your body performs. It affect important part of your body. It changes your brain chemistry. It takes control of your brain because it has affected the brain, some will become depressed. They look unkept. They engage in strange behaviour. “The issue of drug abuse is a a big problem in Nigeria and all of us must come together to come up with the way forward."

http://igberetvnews.com/1103517/14-million-nigerians-drugs-world-drug-report/

am sure u mean pharmaceutical medicine and not weed.
that figure is a lie from the devil..i refuse this result!

Nigeria Don become dumping ground for bad news shey?

Who did we actually offend nii

What do You expect when a country is so damn hard to live in........You need to get high to be able to Cope......if You live in this hell of a country and You haven't fallen to drugs to help You relieve of it's Stress , just know that You are a HERO

#SayNoToDrugs

How people sit somewhere and churn out figures.

I was also wondering the basis for the figure and how they arrived at it.

popsy2:
How people sit somewhere and churn out figures.

This is a very conservative figure if marijuana is listed among the drugs.
It is almost half of the youth population if not more

Vulcanheph:
What do You expect when a country is so damn hard to live in........You need to get high to be able to Cope......if You live in this hell of a country and You haven't fallen to drugs to help You relieve of it's Stress , just know that You are a HERO

#SayNoToDrugs

hahahahahahahaha

So they got me wondering about data collection. Did they share questionnaire that got people affirming they're on drugs or they collect info from the drug dealers? Wtf did that bloody lie of 14.4% come from?

HRHQueenPhil:
am sure u mean pharmaceutical medicine and not weed.
that figure is a lie from the devil..i refuse this result!

All forms of statistics carried out in Nigeria are fakes.
We don't know our actual population.
We don't have the tools to truly monitor or collect data and have accurate results.
Nothing here is real, only guess work.