In
what could be described as a shocking revelation by Commander of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Adamawa – Alhaji Hassan
Zungeru, drug addicts in the state have now resorted to inhaling Lizard
dung and dirty drainage ‘gutter’ water.
Speaking
to newsmen in Yola the State capital, Zungeru said most of the drug
addicts in the state were unemployed youths who could not afford what he
called the costly ‘classified drugs’ of abuse.
According
to him, “Lizard dung and gutter water is now becoming an emerging trend
because the well classified drugs of abuse are beyond the reach of the
youths who are mostly unemployed”.
He
listed the commonly abused substances in the state to include: Indian
hemp, tramol, rubber solution, cough syrup with codeine.
However,
the commander said the agency would not fold its arm and allow the
disturbing development to continue hence its collaboration with the
Adamawa Emirate Council with support of the state government to embark
on sensitization and awareness tour of rural areas to educate the
populace against the menace of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
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