Liberia: Activist Blasts Government’s Neglect of At-Risk Youths Amid Growing Drug Crisis

Monrovia — Civil rights activist and Executive Director of the New Life Recovery Center, Jefferson Knight, has criticized the Liberian government for allegedly pretending to help “at-risk youths” while providing little or no support for rehabilitating and reintegrating drug addicts across the country.

Mr. Knight referred to a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report from about three years ago, which predicted that the number of young people on drugs could rise to over 500,000 by 2025/2026,…