Nigeria: Drug Abuse – Time to Confront the Issue

When President Bola Tinubu declared that the fight against drug abuse must transcend government efforts and become a national movement, he underscored a truth Nigeria has long ignored: the drug crisis is no longer a fringe problem. It is a mainstream emergency, rooted in poverty, inequality, violence, and social decay.

And unless the country wakes up to this grim reality, the risk of losing a generation to addiction, criminality, and despair is all too pervasive.

The statistics are not just…