The Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse
has recommended thay the adverts on alcohol and other recreational
drugs be scrapped to discourage its use.
Chairman of the Committee, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa made the
announcement while appearing on Channels Television “Sunrise Daily”. He
said the recommendation of scrap of such adverts which is contained in
the 2019 report the committee submitted to President
Buhari, will discourage its use.
Marwa said;
“You really can’t say zero-alcohol because people have the rights.
But when you consume more than is required and perhaps you are caught
driving drunk, you know there is a penalty. So these penalties also have
to be enforced. The drug control scourge in Nigeria, unless it is
tackled, we are finished.”
He further disclosed that the second committee is expected to meet
later this week and he would be “surprised” if the recommendations in
its report does not “start in another month.”