The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye on Monday said the agency has seized two trucks laden with tramadol. Prof. Moji Adeyeye stated this in Abuja at the Public launch of drug-related health policies and guidelines tagged ‘The National Policy for Controlled Medicines, National Guidelines for the Estimation of Psychotropic Substances and Precursors and National Minimum Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment in Nigeria’.
He said the tramadol would have been sold to Nigerian youths, with adverse effect on the ongoing war against drug trafficking and abuse among youths. He lamented that many Nigerians are dying daily of drug overdose because it was very easy to access. He called on the National Assembly to amend relevant laws to ensure that peddlers are given stiffer penalties.
According to him
“Using drugs is centrally controlled or central nervous system-based which means it hits the brain immediately and it changes the user to somebody else. During the first use and second use, the brain of the user becomes very different because of dependence.
“They are no longer able to control themselves and that is where the crime, terrorism come in. Therefore, please let the word go out that drug use comes with consequences.
“Of course, we are going after the peddlers. As we speak, we just intercepted two lorries full of tramadol this morning. And where are they going? They are going to the Ajegunles of Nigeria, to the Kanos of Nigeria. Who are they targeting? Our children. Therefore, we need to all come in. It’s our business.”
