Tori from Sun News, don yarn say the Gombe State command of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) talk say drug abuse among women in Gombe don grow from normal addiction to drugs as now, dem dey boil used sanitary pads, kon filter am and drink the water to get high.
This na When dem dey sensitise residents of Bajoga, the headquarters of Funakaye Local Government Area (LGA) of Gombe State, the commander in charge of the Funakaye command of the agency, Muhammad Alkali, yarn.
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“This is because it has come to our notice that mostly female addicts have devised means of getting high without consuming constitutionally-band or known substances. They now boil used sanitary pads mixed with other substance mostly waste, filters the water before drinking.
“You see this is very bad for as humans, our society really needs the help of all and sundry in this fight as NDLEA cannot do it alone,”.
The principal staff officer in charge of Press and Special Duties Unit of the state command Mr. Akomolafe Adekola, also Yarn dis tori
“During the period, the command secured a total number of 16 convictions and successfully counselled and rehabilitated 31 drug dependant clients,” he said, adding that the level of drug abuse prevalence rate in the state was between 21 and 33 percent hence the essence of more sensitisation and creation of a team of NDLEA personnel in Bajoga to effectively fight the act of drug abuse.
