Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how he almost became a drug addict.
He spoke in Abeokuta over the weekend at the second edition
of ‘Fly Above The High’ anti-drug campaign conference organised by the Recovery
Advocacy Network.
Obasanjo stated that smoking during his youthful age led to
chronic coughing and almost became an addiction.
The former President, while lamenting the increase in drug
abuse among Nigerians and other West Africans, urged Nigerian students and
young people to refrain from abusing psychoactive drugs, saying that they ruin
life rather than enhance it.
“If I had persisted, I could have become addicted. Once you
get involved, it is difficult to get out.
“There’s nothing drug can do for you except destruction.
“We found out that West Africa has equally been a centre for
drug consumption in a very bad way. That was more than 10 years ago, so the
situation has since gone worse. And whatever applies to West Africa applies to
all other parts of Africa,” Obasanjo said.
He cautioned against stigmatization and urged individuals
who are already addicted to psychoactive drugs to get help.
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