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Preventing Tramadol abuse requires multi-sectoral approach – FDA

The rate of Tramadol abuse by some unsuspected youth in the country nowadays has become a challenge that required well-coordinated inter-disciplinary collaboration and multi-sectoral approach to control.

The degree of drug abuse allegedly involved students, young employees and the unemployed in various communities and that has necessitated the formation of a national body with sub-offices in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to identify an effective solution to it.

This is because the challenge posed by the misuse of the drug (an artificially-manufactured substance that cures extreme pain conditions) cuts across social, health, economic, security and political sectors of the country.

Ms Akua Owusu Amponsaa, the acting Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Head of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) made the call in a presentation at a public education forum on the hazards associated with drug abuse, particularly Tramadol, Marijuana, among other substances.

The forum was held at Kenyasi in the Asutifi North District of Ahafo Region.

The one-day exercise was organised by the FDA for workers at the Newmont Gold Corps, Ahafo Mines, as part of its activities to facilitate the safety of the general public.

It was also to create awareness among particularly the youth in the area on the need to avoid engaging in the menace because educating the people about the dangers of drugs abuse “is crucial to eliminating mental disorderliness and reducing the rate of criminalities in the society”.

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