Hard Drugs: Enforce Stringent Penalties - Olajumoke Koyejo To NDLEA - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 6, 2019
A Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist, OlajumokeKoyejo, has urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to evolvestringent penalties for Pharmaceutical Companies still manufacturing andselling Tramadol and other hard drugs in the country.
koyejo,  ofthe Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, told Newsmen on Saturdaythat Tramadol was now being sold almost everywhere in the country.
The addiction professional also called on Government to come up with milder policies to help to reform drug addicts.
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According to her, criminalising drug addiction iscertainly not the best because addiction is a chronic disease.
Koyejo said also that policies ought to be in placeto check quackery and ensure only experts can see the patients and improvetheir prognosis.
Besides, she urged professionals to get themselves trained to enable them to always do the right things.