Tag: DRUG ABUSE
GMB 2019 winner leads Cape Coast youth against drug abuse
Ekua Mends Bannerman, winner of Ghana's Most Beautiful (GMB) 2019 has rallied the support of all residents in the Cape Coast Metropolis to...
Headmaster advises students against drug abuse
Mr Charles Agbakey, Headmaster, Keta Senior High School (KETASCO), has cautioned students against drug abuse both in school and at home.
He accused a section...
NGO educates pupils on drug abuse in Tamale
Total Life Enhancement Centre Ghana (TOLEC GH), a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) operating in the Northern Region has organised a school outreach programme for...
Teenage pregnancy and drug abuse rising in Bono East
Teenage pregnancy and drug abuse have been identified as major setbacks to adolescent development in the Bono East Region.
...
21 Days of Y’ello Care: MTN creates massive awareness on substance abuse.
MTN Ghana has organized a substance abuse awareness programme as part of activities to mark the 2019 edition of 21 Days of Y’ello...
Nigerian first lady calls for greater efforts to curb drug abuse
Nigeria's first lady Aisha Buhari on Monday urged all parties to strengthen their efforts to crack down on drug abuse, which she claimed would...
Kwas Kese Charge His Fellow Musicians to Address Drug Abuse Issues Among Ghanaian Youth
Ghanaian hip- artiste Kwaw Kese has lamented the huge drug problem Ghana faces.
He wants musicians to use their powerful influence in helping fight drug...
MCE Advises Students to Shun Drug Abuse
Mr Nicholas Fiifi Baako, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Assin North Municipality, has advised students to avoid drug abuse and if tempted,...
Drug Abuse: The Bridge of Moral Decadence Among The Northern Youths
A University Don, Malam Bala Mohammed, of the Faculty of Communications, Bayero University, Kano, has accused the Igbo of being responsible for the drug...
Sunyani Technical University request assistance to pay utility bills
The authorities at the Sunyani Technical University (STU) have called on government to assist the institution in the payment of its debt to utility...
GH 78.7m Allocated To NYA For Training Unemployed Youth
Ghanaian youth have been encouraged to take advantage of employable skills training programmes, rolled out by the government, to improve their economic situation.
Mr. Pius...
Nigeria’s restive NE state may declare emergency on drug abuse
Illicit drug abuse among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state was becoming alarming, Kaka Shehu, the State Commissioner for Justice told reporters...
Upper East Observed International Youth Day
Mr Abaa Roger Atambire, the founder of Life Out of Alcohol and Drugs( LOAD-Ghana), in a keynote address, said alcohol and drug abuse...
Youth center helps Kenyan community tackle social ills
The 30-member Family Health Options Kenya Meru Youth Center capitalizes on the people's way of life to create awareness on the pertinent issues affecting...
International Day Against Drug Abuse Marked in Upper East
Mr Albert Abongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, who made the call in Bolgatanga, expressed concern about the upsurge of drug and alcohol addiction...
Upper East Marks International Day against Drug Abuse
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Albert Abongo, who made the call in Bolgatanga during the event, expressed concern about the upsurge...
Assembly Member Donates Stationary Items To Toase D/A Primary
Receiving the items, the class teacher Madam Rita Addai thanked the Hon. Member for his kind and usual gesture.
Since assumption in office, he has...
Pastor Bemoans Icreasing Rate Of Social Vices Among Youth
He noted that in spite of proliferation of churches in the country, such acts have been on the ascendancy.
Rev Dumevi made the call at...
WACSI holds meeting on illicit drug policy
Their argument is that drug use must be regarded primarily as a public health problem, rather than a criminal offense punishable by a jail...
Issue of drug abuse and illicit trafficking require multi-stakeholder approach
The Director of Finance and Operations at Global Media Foundation (GloMeF) , human right and anticorruption media advocacy organization, Victor Fosu-Boamah has observed economic...
Ghana to mark International Day against Drug Abuse
Ghana will on Friday 26th June through the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) in partnership with the Ministry of Interior mark the International Day against...
Pastor Bemoans Increasin Immorality Among Youth
Apostle Evans Adams, General Overseer of Christian Life Way Church, has bemoaned the increasing number of immorality among the youth, such as indiscipline, drug-abuse...
UNFPA Sponsored Family Planning Week
Dr Kofi Issah, Brong Ahafo Regional Deputy Director of Public Health has explained that Family Planning (FP) is not to discourage people from giving...
The Hazardous Drug Abuse
Drug abuse can be connoted as the use of a drug to the point where the user?s health is jeopardized or where it becomes...
Just Don’t Swallow Anything Without A Doctor’s Advice
Are you a doctor? No
Do you self medicate? Yes
Consequences? Fatal
Solutions? Easy
Step 1? Knowing what self medication means..
Self medication is simply the use of unprescribed...
KICK OUT DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING: ?MAKE HEALTH YOUR ‘NEW HIGH’ IN LIFE,...
DATE: 1ST JULY 2013
We note with considerable apprehension the apparent high number of young people around the world who are using illicit psychoactive substances....