Tijjani Rabe, the Ogun State Commander, disclosed this while receiving members of the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, at the command's headquarters in Abeokuta. Rabe, represented by the Deputy State Commander, Ekundayo Williams, lamented that the menace was a cause of concern for the families of victims, the society and Nigeria at large. The Commander lamented that despite several sensitization and advocacy the agency was witnessing an increase on a yearly basis.
“We are made to understand that apart from these conventional drugs, people now use other non-conventional substances which mostly are household items like nail polish, methylated spirit and so on since they cannot afford to buy the conventional drugs and this has been found mostly among our youths”. He stated that one out of every five abusers injects drugs with needles and syringes, lamenting that this gives room for the spread of blood-borne diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B.
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