Mental health experts don yan serious tins about the way substance use, especially among the youth dey waka.
Dem talk say di spoil wey plenty family values don spoil and how pipo dey live their life dis days dey make water dey pass garri.
Di experts come add say social media follow dey add fuel for fire as plenty plenty young pipo dey love do wetin dem see dem mates for social media dey do.
Dem yan dis onens during di 3rd edition of di annual debate and mental wellness wey Association of Resident Doctors organize for Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Di event get hand for di matter of Dr. Taiwo Adamson.
Dr. Taiwo Adamson, wey be former medical director for di hospital, talk say e dey pain her for body as eight out of ten patients wey dem admit for her private place dey get mental problem wey substance dey cause.
She talk say e be like say di kind drug wey pipo dey use don change, as dem dey create some inside lab now. She come talk say e dey pain her for mind as pipo dey use one drug wey dem dey call “Colorado,” and na synthetic Indian hemp, wey dem add spices from China and Japan join, wey dey make pipo dey behave any how.
She yan say one person tell her say e no dey use Indian hemp, say e dey use Colorado. She say e dey shock her to see how dis synthetic drug dey spoil young people.
Even as she know say di substance abuse level too much, she talk say she get hope say as dem dey talk about am, e go make young people sabi say e no good to dey use drug.
Another Psychiatrist wey dem call Oluyinka Majekodunmi wey dey Aro, Abeokuta, talk say di risk wey dey substance abuse fit carry big wahala for society. E talk say di main cause and di way wey e fit affect us for long dey because our system don fail us, wey e start since like three decades ago.
Majekodunmi yan say di collapse of Nigeria educational system na serious problem, because di kind tins wey dem dey teach our pipo no dey cover important areas wey dem suppose cover for young pipo life.
As e dey talk about di situation for Nigeria, e talk say if we no quickly do something, our country fit turn to failed state based on di serious problem wey dey ground. E call for fast and strategic plan to stop di wahala wey fit happun for di next 10 to 20 years.
Majekodunmi talk say di substance abuse matter dey important all over di world, say e dey affect young pipo everywhere. E hail all di work wey people dey do to teach pipo about substance use, including local and international communities, NGOs and others.
Di psychiatrist talk say plenty psychological wahala wey come from violence, war, and crisis around di world na e dey make pipo use substance take treat demsef.
E yan say di tins wey dey happen now, like economic problem, insecurity, and how family values don spoil, na e make di matter worse. E come yan against di way young pipo dey follow those wey dey show off on top social media, wey dey use substance.
For all di wahala wey dey, e come talk say e dey happy for di work wey dem dey do to teach pipo about substance use. E talk say na together, we fit fit fight dis matter, make we fit get beta future.
