{"id":109152,"date":"2021-11-18T22:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=109152"},"modified":"2021-11-18T22:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:51:53","slug":"legalization-of-cannabis-will-take-nigeria-to-dark-days-ndlea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/18\/legalization-of-cannabis-will-take-nigeria-to-dark-days-ndlea\/","title":{"rendered":"Legalization of cannabis will take Nigeria to dark days \u2013 NDLEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared on Thursday that legalizing cannabis smoking will return Nigeria to its dark days.<\/p>\n<p>Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), the agency&#8217;s Chairman and Chief Executive, stated this at an interactive session with heads of security agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and heads of government agencies in Jos, Plateau, while rejecting demands for Cannabis legalization.<\/p>\n<p>Some Nigerians have advocated for the drug&#8217;s legalization for health and economic reasons.<\/p>\n<p>But Marwa said that legalising cannabis would truncate its ongoing fight against drug abuse, stressing that such a move would also take Nigeria back to its dark days.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that 10.6 Nigerians were currently consuming cannabis, adding that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/08\/why-we-cannot-legalize-cannabis-in-nigeria-ndlea-boss-marwa\/\"> legalising<\/a> it would further destroy the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDLEA rejects absolutely the call for the legalisation of cannabis; it is a choice between earning money and the importance of life<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no research about the healing qualities of cannabis, but we all know on the other hand that it causes brain disorder, psychosis, it destroys the lungs and other key organs of the body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d It definitely affects one\u2019s behaviour as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDLEA will not accept that; we in NDLEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/09\/growing-your-own-cannabis-is-now-legalized-in-italy\/\">reject<\/a> the move in totality,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The NDLEA boss admonished security agencies and other stakeholders to support the agency in its bid to curb the tide of drug abuse in the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared on Thursday that legalizing cannabis smoking will return Nigeria to its dark days. 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