The State Drug Control Committee – Solution Team on the War Against Drug Abuse (SDCC ST- WADA) strategies to eliminate drug abuse across the state.
Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Ben Obidike said the administration of Gov. Charles Soludo is fully committed to the fight against drug abuse and trafficking.
We are working together with the NDLEA to stop the illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances to drug prohibition laws.
This crucial meeting with the State Commander NDLEA Anambra with his team shows that the fight against drug abuse is not a child’s play, we are going to work as a team so as to achieve our objective of ending the drug abuse.
Dr. Obidike said the State Government is making a sincere effort to build the modern rehabilitation centre in the state where drug addicts will be rehabilitated and reintegrate back to society.
The Commissioner gave the assurance when he received the new State Commander of NDLEA in his office at the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka.
Drug abuse is the excessive or addictive use of drugs for nonmedical purposes despite social, psychological and physical problems that may arise from such use and it must be stopped in the state.
He explained that drug abuse plays a role in many major social problems such as drugged driving, violence, stress and child abuse.
Onyisi D Ogbonna; State Commander of Narcotics, State Command NDLEA Anambra, assured the commissioner that his command is committed to partnering with the state to end drug abuse in the state.
He charged all members of the SDCC ST- WADA to wake up to the task and fight the drug scourge, especially Methamphetamine Mkpuru Mmiri.
