A University Don, Dr Aliyu Abubakar of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, has said that the youths account for over 85 per cent of mad people in Nigeria.

Abubakar made the remark in a paper he presented at a sensitisation workshop for youths organised by Bizara Youth Development Association in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State entitled: “Drug Abuse in Nigeria: Causes, Effects and Solutions.”

He said: “according to a recent study, 85 per cent of mad people in Nigeria are youths within the age bracket of 18-38 years.

The major cause of mental challenge in Nigeria has gone beyond drug-abuse as the youths now inhale lizard feces, putting their noses into pit toilets, smoking matches, smoking dried horse feces and mixing lizard feces with dye powder.

Drug abuse disorder is a common problem affecting about 5 per cent of the of the world population with an estimated 10.2 per cent in the USA.”

He recalled that in Nigeria, it was recently reported that about three million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine is consumed daily in Kano State and about six million bottles consumed in the North-West. Abubakar added that in 2016, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency reported that about 40 per cent of Nigerian youths engaged in drug-abuse.

The medical doctor stressed that the consequences of drug-abuse include mental disorder, liver cirrhosis, lethargy and cardiovascular disorder among others. Abubakar added that those abusing drugs mostly drop out of school, engage in cultism, violence, arm-robbery, thuggery, rape, lawlessness, murders and are culturally disorientated.

https://lailasnews.com/85-of-mad-people-in-nigeria-are-youths-medical-doctor/

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its hurts it raining heavily here

without my weed at hand..

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Which includes BMC, sarki, Yarimo, 93Miles, kysnse madridguy no madridguy na my gee now

Substance abuse and those selling their souls and willing to fake a madness to get rich quick....

Things dey happen incase una never know.....

That mad man you see in your hood and look the other way in disgust, could just have landed there on the instruction of one baba with a promise that he'd hit it big after running around like a mentally deranged for maybe 6-12 months.

We know as e dey go...if you know, you know...

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Question of the day:

Do we now also refer to the mad youths as lazy youths?

Bear in mind that trekking aimlessly under the rain and sun is by no mean a feat for the lazy....

Na power dem take dey craze oo

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Science Student everywhere.. too much of Research is affecting our Youth. from Codeine mixture with Egbo combination... Different types of chemical mixture giving them good results.

Why won't they constitute the larger percentage of mad people? How many aged dey take weed? How many aged dey take drugs? How many aged dey live fast live? How many aged dey go brothel? No be youths dey commit all vices?

What is the Cause Source Origin Background of their Madness

The research failed to sate that just few are roaming.

The most dangerous are those that appear sane, but they are actually more insane than those roaming the streets.

Were they centenarians before?

that is a blatant disregard for the unbiased implementation of truth...


90% of MAD men in Nigeria are POLITICIANS

Take it to the bank.

Do government understand the cause, they obviously don't. Watch the video below to understand why youths are the victims and why we need to support Sowore Take It back movement.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXfTDkBmFYM

End time mad people.

because the youths are those with the urge to get rich quick and also get themselves involved in rituals just to impress these useless lazy naija girls and by so doing suffer deadly consequences which usually results either death or instant madness.

codeine and weedweed weed

A Nigerian is mad but the difference is that some people nut has be screwed already. Like me now, i always want to suck bress which is probably abnormal but na the madness wey dem do me.

Chai! Youths Dan suffer for This ppl hand, but these youths didn't fall from the sky na, the people who brought us here, what are they doing for us?

98% of them intended to do Money ritual and 2% of them are village people.

75% of them are on nairaland, while 5% are mods

This one that the leaders of tomorrow are running mad.

They are not mad, just depressed...some are serving the gods that promised them wealth.

Alcohol kills more people than drug-abuse...the researched opined. My question is, does the research also consider the number of mad people from drug-abuse (especially from marijuana and monkey-tail)?

ofcourse Codein, goskolo, igbo, gum, pit toilet etc are responsible for dia kolo mental

And 95% are science students

I now see why #NotTooYoungToRun is running no where soon.

dkronicle:
A Nigerian is mad but the difference is that some people nut has be screwed already. Like me now, i always want to suck bress which probably abnormal but na the madness wey dem do me.

Oga your own no b madness, na Konji