November 1, 2019 
World Drug Report 2019 has put drug use prevalence in Nigeria at 14.4 percent of the population, representing 14.4 million Nigerians aged 15 to 64 years.
This was revealed on Thursday in Kaduna by registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Elisha Mohammed, when critical stakeholders gathered to brainstorm on alarming statistics on drug use prevalence in Nigeria and the way forward.
Mohammed said curiosity and peer pressure were major factors pushing people especially school children and young persons into non-medical drug use.
News Agency of Nigeria reported that the seminar was on drugs and substances abuse in Northwest organised by the PCN and Codeine Control and other Related Matters Working Group.
It was to provide a platform of interaction to increase awareness on effects of illicit drugs in the zone.
Mohammed said the Council was pained by the development, as it affected the country’s productive population.
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14million ? D calculation is wrong because here in the north …. More than half of its youth population from age 15 to 30 are either on cough syrups ,tablets ,patching solution and some oda substances. Places like Lagos especially the ghetto areas also has similar trends