¿Por qué Nigeria ha fracasado en su guerra contra las drogas?

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¿Por qué Nigeria ha fracasado en su guerra contra las drogas?

29 marzo 2018

Las estrategias de control de drogas han contribuido poco a frenar los daños relacionados con su consumo. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Director, Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse, Professor Isiodore Obot had said that Nigeria had failed in its drug war considering the increasing number of youths into drug use and its attendant health and social challenges.
Professor Obot, who spoke at the Youthrise Nigeria Drug Policy Training for media practitioners in Abuja, stated that despite criminalising drug use for many years, this had not achieved its goal of eliminating drug production and use.
According to him, the nation’s perspective about drugs from a criminal justice system perspective needs to be changed to healthcare system perspectives.
Obot, a psychologist, declared that drug use was much more than a criminal issue, but one with many health and social implications, including fighting, violence, and problems in the family.
He said drug use cuts across all social classes and gender, adding that what may be different is what type of drug they are using.