[ 2014-10-31 ]

Ghana is No. 1 ‘wee’ consumer in Africa – NACOB Officer
An officer of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB)
has stated that Ghana is the highest consumer of
marijuana in Africa.

Daniel Akwasi Amankwa, who is the Divisional
Supervisor for Demand Education of NACOB said, the
country is ranked 3rd in the world.

According to him, Ghana's ranking was captured in
a United Nations report a couple of years ago.

Mr. Amankwa made this known at the opening of a
two-day forum on non-custodial sentencing in Ghana
on Thursday, October 30, at the Ghana Institute of
Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Mr Amankwa was making a case for a drug court
system in Ghana, stressing that the United States
of America (USA), once a leading consumer of
drugs, has been successful in implementing that
system.

“Besides, there are over 20 countries including
Australia and New Zealand which has adopted the
drug court system,” he said.

He advocated the piloting of that system in Ghana
in order to reduce the high number of marijuana
consumers in the country.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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