By Rosette Nandutu,
Drug abuse continues to be a problem among the youth and adult citizens of Mbale city and due to emerging trends related to drugs (substances) addiction and advances in methods calls for the need to fight against drug abuse in the City.
According to the Elgon Region Police Spokesperson, Rogers Taitika, in the month of January 2023, the police registered a number of crimes caused by drug abuse mostly among the youths.
He revealed that they registered 193 Mobile phones theft cases,122 robbery cases,130 cases of domestic violence , 22 of child abuse and neglect, 31 cases of defilement ,1 case of rape and 18 cases of homicide.
Taitika said that drug abuse is among the youths in mostly secondary and some institutions noting that parents are to blame as they don’t care about inspecting their children’s bags when heading to school but instead leave it all to the teachers and security.
Understanding the risk of drug abuse,
developmentally sensitive intervention is critical in fighting against drug abuse problem in Mbale city.
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