The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has said that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the abuse of drugs among Nigerians, with a poll conducted by it showing that about 50 per cent of youths i
ncreased abuses during the lockdown.
The webinar was the first session of ISSUP Nigeria’s Knowledge Update Series which focused on experiences and challenges in delivering drug demand reduction interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UNODC Representative said, “Overall, our main approach at this stage has been to look at two things. One, how will COVID-19 impart on abuse in general? And secondly, how do we actually succeed in this COVID season? So, we are making sure that our initiatives and services can somehow continue despite all the limitations.
“Only 30 per cent said the abuse had reduced or remained the same. We all know the issues that we were grappling with even before the pandemic. Almost half of the drug abusers said they need counselling and assistance to deal with the drug abuses and they are not able to access that. It gets far worse for women.
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