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Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has hit onerous at some Nigerian singers.

He slammed Nigerian artistes who glorify the abuse of medicine and substances of their songs. Marwa lamented how the drug-promoting lyrics from songs have turn out to be a buzzword amongst youths, noting how the younger inhabitants, on the energy of those songs, have come to see drug abuse as a ‘grand idea of leisure’.

The NDLEA boss who was represented by Dr. Segun Oke stated this through the 2nd version of the Vanguard Mental Health Summit held in Lagos on Thursday with the theme being: ‘Mental Health in a Distressed Economy’. According to Marwa, drug abuse is a ‘serious’ drawback within the nation, revealing that 10.6 million Nigerians abuse hashish.
He said that the company has continued to place measures in place to curb the abuse of drug and substances within the nation.

“The “high syndrome” is so entrenched amongst younger folks it has turn out to be a form of self-prescription remedy for coping with a few of life’s points. For some, it’s the grand concept of leisure. It is a buzzword of their on a regular basis life and a motif in fashionable music. Offhand, I may give you three fast examples of hit songs that glorify the abuse of psychoactive substances within the title of “getting high”.

”‘I just want to be high’, ‘I need Igbo and Shayo’, ‘Sometimes food no dey give man joy, but Canadian loud, the feeling is different.’ These road anthems encourage younger folks to abuse alcohol, hashish and different illicit substances. It is now commonplace for younger folks to organise hashish events,” he stated.

Marwa lauded Vanguard Newspapers for placing collectively the summit, emphasizing how silence, passivity and complacency have contributed to the rise within the degree of drug abuse within the nation.

“Our silence, passivity and complacency prior to now is what led us to the place we’re immediately. That is why each effort to now salvage the scenario, together with this summit, is welcome and laudable and most significantly, should be decisive and sustained.

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