President Muhammadu Buhari has described the danger posed by illicit drugs as deadlier than insurgency, banditry and other threats bedeviling the country. The event was held in commemoration of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking, with the theme, ‘Share Facts on Drugs. A Foundation, Salvaging Our Future Today (SoFT), also led a march in Lagos yesterday against drug abuse. “The enormity of the danger of drug abuse calls for an urgent need to nip the problem in the bud. He stressed the need to combat the menace of drugs abuse in the country contending that all crimes were enabled by narcotics drugs addiction.

Source: The Guardian June 27, 2021 03:56 UTC