The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has rejected the call in some quarters for the legalisation of consumption of cannabis in Nigeria.
The Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency Buba Marwa, said this at an interactive session with heads of security agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs and heads of government agencies in Jos, Plateau state.
The event also had in attendance traders associations, youths and women groups, among other key stakeholders.
Marwa said that legalising cannabis would truncate its ongoing fight against drug abuse, adding that such move would also take the country back to its dark days.
He disclosed that 10.6 Nigerians were currently consuming cannabis, adding that legalising it would further destroy the country.
The NDLEA boss promised that agency would continue to sustain the fight against drug abuse in the society, insisting that a drug free society was possible.
