Society
Drug Abuse: Things Worsen As Herbal Medicine Hawkers Spike Wares With Chemical Intoxicants
A lot of people are being weaned on drugs and unconsciously turned into addicts
The drug abuse situation in the country is worsening.
Many unsuspecting persons are being hoodwinked into the mess.
Emerging details have it that the drug abuse trend has taken a very dangerous dimension with new tactics adopted by herbal medicine hawkers who are very popular in motor garages and on different streets in less than average living areas.
The herbal medicine hawkers who are a permanent fixture of grassroots – with incursions in highbrow areas – became popular by selling herbal concoctions to cure all manners of ailments, particular pile, and claims of associated low libido.
The affordability of their wares, predominantly alcoholic , made extremely popular in the grassroots.
Societynow.ng gathered that many sellers drew to the trade by the allure of huge returns without proper expertise on the efficacy of their offerings have adopted a damning trick to cover their inadequacies – and retain the confidence of customers.
“They now spice their drinks with all manners of psychoactive substances. Most of them are no longer using herbs but all manners of chemical compositions that they grind, mix with a bit of herb and lots of cheap alcohol, to cover the taste, that they sell to customers for huge gains. It will not be nice to start mentioning substances because of possible copycats” societynow.ng learned.
Societynow.ng gathered that the massive danger in this development is that a lot of people are being weaned on drugs and unconsciously turned into addicts with very damaging health issues.
“Because what they are being sold is addictive with very grave health implications and in no time they become addicts battling health situations that they continue to take the cause to cure out of ignorance” Societynow.ng learned.
The checks by societynow.ng revealed that while there are herbs that have proven efficacy against diseases, a larger percentage of the herbal medicine hawkers peddling their wares across streets are major promoters of cheap alcoholic contents with dire health consequences.
