Kano State government on Monday attributed the increasing rate of mental illness and other forms of deviants acts in the society to the excessive use of codeine and other illicit drugs mostly consumed by youths in the society.
Speaking shortly after routine raid of suspected locations where codeine are illegally sold, Secretary of the Pharmacist Inspection Committee of the state Ministry of Health, Pharmacist Samaila Ciroma, said his Committee is determined to stamp out the illegal use of codeine and other illicit drugs from the state.
Ciroma who restated the Committee’s readiness to wage total war against illegal use of codeine, said they would leave no stone unturned in the fight against selling or possession of codeine by pharmaceutical companies, retail shops or individuals in the state.
This is coming on the heels of the directives by the Federal Government for immediate commencement of retrieval of all codeine-based preparation in circulation.
Pharmacist Ciroma further enjoined members of the general public to support this move by providing the Committee with useful information regarding codeine trafficking and other illicit drugs in Kano.