The Mt Kenya region suffers from a high prevalence of portable spirits with devastating impact on consumers, the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse has said. The Central region on the other hand has the highest prevalence of portable spirits at 4.1 per cent followed by Coast at 3.2 per cent and Rift valley at 3.1 per cent. This is according to Nacada's latest survey on drug and substance use in the country. "Central is leading in the portable spirits and from our research, we have seen that the content of those spirits, the alcohol levels are very high and some are very poisonous. The report said alcohol is the most widely abused substance with one in eight Kenyans aged 15 to 65 or three million people currently using alcohol.

Source: The Star May 12, 2023 22:54 UTC