General News of Monday, 30 April 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comTramadol abuse: Take ‘quick action’ or lose our youth – Kweku Baako to Governmentplay videoEditor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku BaakoGhana is sitting on a time bomb as far as the growing spate of abuse of the Tramadol drug is concerned and only immediate action on the part of government and relevant stakeholders in the health industry can rescue the country’s youth from any further destruction than the drug has already caused, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said. Expressing grave concern over the devastating effects the drug is having on the lives of the youth, Kweku Baako emphasized the need for urgent action to prevent any further loss of lives or destruction of the country’s youth. Recounting his youthful days, Kweku Baako confessed on JoyNews’ Newsfile program how some ‘big men’ today were involved in such practices in previous times but were rescued by the decision to backtrack and desist taking those drugs. but that was then, now the population is bigger, terrorism is on the frontline, criminal organisations have developed. I’m not too sure if we don’t take quick action whether we can rescue our youth like some of us were rescued”.

Source: GhanaWeb April 30, 2018 04:18 UTC