Zimbabwe: How About Declaring Drug Abuse a National State of Disaster?

Lovemore Chikova — That drug and substance abuse affects development in an emerging economy like Zimbabwe that is on an unprecedented path to success is not an understatement.

As the problem grows in Zimbabwe, many are now realising how communities are watching helpless as young people and in some instances the elderly indulge in the illicit drugs that come in various types, some home-made, while others are smuggled from across borders.

A major problem now in Zimbabwe, if not addressed drug and…