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Drug Abuse: Nigeria ranks 5th in suicide rate ON JUNE 27, 20206:00 AMIN CRIME GUARD, METRO Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare By Evelyn Usman Reports have recently ranked Nigeria as 5th in the world with the highest suicide rate of an average of six suicides per month. Substance use has been attributed as a major factor which leads people to commit suicide. Also, the increase in cases of sudden deaths (such as suicide) among Nigeria’s youths in the country is reportedly connected to opioid overdose, which is the most common drug injected by youths. Going by the recent trend, and if nothing is urgently done, Nigeria stands the risk of losing more than 100 youths daily to opioid overdose. This is because Nigeria’s population is said to be about 3% of the world population but 6% of the world population of cannabis users. Again,  report has also revealed that  14% of the world population who misuse pharmaceutical opioids are reportedly in Nigeria, thereby making Nigeria one of the countries in the world with the highest population of people who misuse tramadol and codeine cough syrup. From the foregoing, substance abuse may become one of the leading causes of deaths in Nigeria. Also worrisome is the increasing drug supply via the internet including the anonymous online marketplace known as the “dark net”. Drug manufacturing. ALSO READ: Kano to begin compulsory drug tests for political office holders, civil servants, students Another frightening dimension is drug manufacturing in Nigeria!  Not too long ago, some laboratories where Methamphetamine were manufactured, were uncovered by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , NDLEA. As if that was not enough, a  new version of manufacturing has reared its head, with the introduction of Hydrophonic outfit, where Cannabis is manipulated into the production of Hashish and Canaboil, both of which are illegal,  since they contravene the extant NDLEA Act. Surprisingly, these laboratories which were uncovered in Jos, Plateau, and Lagos states, were discovered to be owned by a  Chinese, a  German, and a Nigerian. Vanguard News Nigeria. Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Related REVEALED: Drug use behind Nigeria’s high suicide rate June 27, 2020 US life expectancy drops again, overdoses climb November 29, 2018 Global deaths skyrocket as more people abuse drugs — UN June 30, 2019 All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from VANGUARD NEWS. Download Vanguard News App.   Technical Feedback: whatsapp 08023469027   READ our Privacy-policy and cookie policy. READ ALSO: Secret relationship is a fraud - Mandy Ujunwa Vanguard PROMOTED Bill Gates: "This Will Change The Way People Earn Money In Nigeria" ProfitExperts 1 Cup of This ... Will Burn Your Belly Fat Like Crazy! N.greencoffeeNG A genius from Nigeria found a way to get rid of parasites forever! Read! Detox Court remands two cousins over alleged rape, murder of Maersk MD's wife Court stops PDP from conducting Edo primaries on 25th June Veteran actor, Ogun Majek, is dead Richest Man in Nigeria Exposes Millionaire Secret Daily News RASHEED SOBOWALE View all posts by Rasheed Sobowale → PREVIOUS POST Was Buhari right to humiliate Oshiomhole out of office? Disclaimer Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.

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