Cocaine bust, estimated to worth $1 billion, June 2010, Banjul. |
The
YCF said this has particularly affected the youths, encouraging a lifestyle ofcrime and addiction. As a result, youths are increasingly unprepared to pursue
legitimate career paths as they often drop out of school.
Young people, whom
the charitable organisation said are Gambia’s greatest resource, are being
underexploited thus hindering their chances of development.
Recently,
a YCF-organised workshop to educate young people on the adverse effects of drug
abuse and trafficking was held at the American Corner along Kairaba Avenue.
The
participants are also expected to serve as ambassadors in the fight against
drug abuse.
“We need to define
our life and know who we are first before using illicit drugs and alcohol,”
Pastor Roberts Noble of FES Gambia, encouraging all to pursue a life of purpose
and not succumb to peer pressure.
Resource persons and participants |
The PRO of the National
Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), ASP Abdoulie Ceesay said the sale of drugs had
become commonplace in school compounds, urging the students to be vigilant at
all times.
“Don’t think that because you are a juvenile, you cannot be
prosecuted when caught with illicit drugs”, he cautioned. “You will be taken to
a child court which deals with kids and has the final verdict on all
drug-related cases.”
The lowest fine for drug related offences in the Gambia is D250,
000.00 with a minimum jail term of five years, he said on June 14, 2012.
Panelists
included Pastor Noble Roberts of FES Gambia,
Oustass Momodou Loum, representing the
clergy, Mr. Momodou Sambou of International Organisation of Good Templars
(IOGT), Mr. Abdoulie Ceesay of the
National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) and Mr. Samba of the Mental Advocacy
Unit of the World Health Organisation.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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