How depression, addictions keep Nigeria’s drug barons in business

UNODC, DIG gngage Ebonyi youth on dangers of drug abuse

This is to curtail the negative effects of drugs on the youths and the economy of the country even as the 2023 elections approach.

It was the third Monday in June and thick puffs of smoke had filled the air, oozing out of small crowds of mostly young men. Groups of gamblers hoping for ‘the big win’ clustered around tables, even as other customers were dropping by for a ‘wake and brake’ session with varying drugs. The dr

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