The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said that the addiction to the controversial Methamphetamine, popularly known as Mkpurumiri has no cure or treatment.
Mr Isah Adoro, Commander of NDLEA in Ebonyi state has explained the dangers of being addicted to the Drug.
Mr Isah Adoro while speaking in a one day Security sensitisation campaign, Organised by the National Orientation Agency, NOA, on Tuesday in Abakaliki, said that the Mkpurumiri is a dangerous drug adding that anyone who is addicted to it is hard to treat.
Mr Adoro who is represented by Mr Onunwa Ibezim, assistant Commander Training of NDLEA, explained how worried the agency is over consumption of the drug among youths.
“Drug abuse should not be treated as a political issue but a socio-economical issue. The use of mkpurummiri is already banned in Ebonyi; we call on the public to join the campaign train to overcome the intake of such drugs,” Adoro said.
Dr Garba Abari, Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), represented by Dr Desmond Onwo, the Agency’s Coordinator in Ebonyi, explained that drug abuse is one major cause of the increase in crime rate in the society, he also advised youths and general public to desist from using hard drugs.
“Drugs are often associated with virtually all antisocial behaviours bedevilling the country.
“It is the enemy and the trigger, which pushes people into crime such as banditry, kidnapping, rape, gender-based violence, wanton killings and destruction of public assets amongst others,” he said.
