The member-elect for Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo federal constituency, Philip Agbese has pledged that the 10th National Assembly will take the fight against
Agbese spoke in reaction to the move by the outgoing 9th House of Representatives to declare a state of emergency on drug abuse.
Highlighting a report by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime in Nigeria, the member-elect said that 14.4% of people aged between 15 and 64 years abuse drugs in the country. “A report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes said around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year while over 36 million people suffer drug use disorders,” he lamented.
“For instance, enhanced collaboration among strategic agencies responsible for the importation and regulation of controlled medicines and/or preventing the importation, distribution, and use of illicit drugs will go a long way.
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