Government at all levels have been encouraged to pay greater attention to plans for addressing unemployment and underemployment in the bid to reduce the scourge of drugs abuse and illicit trafficking.
The Chairman, Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Ogun State chapter, Dr. Adeneye Kusimo, made the call in Abeokuta while speaking on ways to reduce the growing rate of drug abuse in the society.
Dr Kusimo who described the consumption of hard substances and illicit drugs as poison to the well-being of the youth in the country, said job creation for the teeming youths would also assist to reduce crimes in the society.
The medical expert noted that the burden of drugs abuse was still high despite the existing laws, policies, and prevention strategies, hence the need for stakeholders, including parents to fashion out ways to tackle the menace.
He also called on the government to provide accessible support centres for the rehabilitation of the affected persons and ensure border patrol to checkmate trafficking of illicit drugs across Nigeria’s borders.
Dr Kusimo appealed to the media and religious leaders to use their various platforms to sensitize the people on the dangers of drugs abuse and illicit trafficking on the society.
Olusegun Folarin
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