The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, says it is alarming, the rate at which some personnel of the Nigeria Police and other security outfits smoke Indian hemp.
Obiano warned during a lecture organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to commemorate the 2019 International Day against Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking in Awka, that the substance would only damage them instead of helping them as they erroneously believed.
He traced the introduction of cannabis sativa into the country to the Second World War when Nigerian soldiers, who fought in some parts of Asia, brought in the substance, adding that what modern security required was intelligence and not Dutch courage acquired by taking illicit drugs.
Obiano stated, “We cannot have a 21st Century security system, whose personnel rely on the consumption of Indian hemp and other illicit drugs.
“A modern security system relies more on brainwork and not Dutch courage. I implore you in the name of God to stop taking Indian hemp and other illicit drugs. It is not the way to go.”
