Kwara State government has taken the campaign against drug abuse to schools in the state.
The campaign is aimed at sensitising the students on the dangers that drug abuse poses to them and the society at large.
Members of the State Drug Control Committee yesterday commenced the mass mobilisation and campaign against drug abuse at the Government Secondary School, Ilorin.
The state commissioner for health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam used the forum to call on students to shun all forms of drug abuse.
Represented by the director of Pharmaceutical Services, Mrs Barakat Olarewaju, the commissioner highlighted the effects of drug abuse to include untimely deaths and mental disorders.
She urged the students to desist from taking any hard drug which could destroy their lives.
At Ojagboro area of Ilorin metropolis, El- Imam charged the community leaders to embrace the campaign against drug abuse by the youths.
A community leader, Alhaji Wahab Ajibola advised the youths of Ojagboro never to encourage the use of hard substances due to the severe consequences of such indulgence.
In his remarks, the Magaji of Ojagboro, Alhaji Yahaya Oloro thanked the state government for waging war against all acts capable of destroying the lives of youths and pledged the support and collaboration of the community leaders for the government’s initiative.
