Rehabilitation and Treatment Centres for victims of drug abuse have asked the government to provide financial support to the centres create awareness.
This follows cases of increased drug abuse notably amongst teenagers and youths in Kampala and other urban areas, putting the lives of young people at health and social risk.
Paul Mugisa, a rehabilitation expert in Kampala says that if there is investment in sensitization of the public about the dangers of drug abuse, the government will spend less on treatment costs.
CUE. PAUL ENG.
According to the Youth Drug abuse Prevention project in Nansana, drug abuse and other substances such as alcohol, khati, drugs and tobacco continues to pose a serious challenge to the health, the social and economic well-being of young people in Uganda.
