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14.3m Nigerians use hard drugs for non-medical purposes — FG


By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA— FEDERAL Government has said an estimated 14.3 million adults in Nigeria used hard drugs for non-medical purposes within the past one year.



Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this, yesterday, in Abuja at the unveiling of the report of the first National Survey on Drug Use and Health to be conducted in Nigeria.

He said some of the findings of the survey are striking and alarming; hence, call for concerted efforts to mitigate the negative consequences of the increasing use of psychoactive substances on the health and security of the nation