LET’S FIGHT ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AMONG THE KENYA YOUTHS

I may not be perfect to write about alcohol and drug abuse for I have been a victim and I am still trying to fight it even after being taken to different rehab centre’s, but after realizing that drugs kill I decided to reduce my alcohol and drug consumption which I have been using for 9 years and it is working for it is a decision I made from my heart and I am proud that I have greatly reduced my drug usage and very soon I will have quit completely. Drugs might make you happy but it kills many, most parent’s take they’re children to rehab centres and after they leave the rehab they see no change. To quit drugs is someone’s decision and determination to live a drug free life.

Statistics showing high rates of alcohol and drug abuse among the youth have forced the Government to take drastic action on the peddlers. The President called on the National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) to formulate measures to curb drug abuse. He directed the National Treasury to allocate more resources for prevention and control of alcohol and drug abuse and seek innovative ways of securing funding to increase Nacada’s resource base in the fight against substance abuse.

Much has been done but there are peddlers everywhere who still sell drugs to the youths mostly aged from 16 and those who are in their early 20’s. We need to work together as a nation and not let the Government to do everything for us for us as citizens we know who the peddlers are and we need to root them out to bring them to justice.

        

   (a)   Medications for drug addiction in Kenya

1. Buprenorphine
2. Methadone
3. Naltrexone
4. Antabuse/ disulfiram
5. Nicotine Replacement
6. Patches
7. Gum

We need to live in a drug free society by working together as a nation.

By: Hempstone mwangale