{"id":19600,"date":"2025-07-05T18:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=19600"},"modified":"2025-07-05T18:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T17:05:19","slug":"drug-abuse-attention-must-now-shift-to-prevention-says-acpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/07\/drug-abuse-attention-must-now-shift-to-prevention-says-acpn\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Abuse: Attention Must Now Shift to Prevention, Says ACPN"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria\u00a0<\/a><\/span>|\u00a0<\/i>\u00a01 week ago<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span><\/td>\nThe Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

has advocated\u00a0\u00a0urgent, coordinated, and sustained actions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

to combat drug abuse which has constituted <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

a major public health menace.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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by Onyebuchi Ezigbo\u00a0in Abuja<\/span><\/p>\n

In his message to mark the International Day Against Drug, the National Chairman of ACPN,\u00a0\u00a0Ezeh Ambrose Igwekamma, said that focus should now be home prevention, education, early intervention, and rehabilitation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the National Chairman of ACPN, I join millions around the world to reaffirm our commitment to the fight against drug abuse and to call for urgent, coordinated, and sustained actions to combat this public health menace in our dear country,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Igwekamma said the theme for this year\u2019s celebration, \u201cThe Evidence is Clear: Invest in Prevention,\u201d resonates deeply with our vision at the ACPN.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt reminds us that we must shift our focus from reaction to prevention. As community pharmacists\u2014trusted, accessible healthcare providers on the frontlines\u2014we witness firsthand the silent crisis of substance abuse in our communities, especially among our youth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said ACPN for more than\u00a0\u00a0a decade has demonstrated a concerns on massive awareness creation through\u00a0\u00a0the National Anti-Drug abuse competition among students in secondary school nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to him, the essence of the annual competition is for prevention and also to dis abused the minds of younger generations against the consequences of drug abuse which Align with the same with the\u00a0\u00a0UNODC Strategic plan for substance Abuse\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: \u201cEvery tablet sold without prescription, every codeine cough syrup diverted, and every hard drug traded illegally is not just a crime\u2014it is a threat to our collective future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDrug abuse fuels mental health disorders, crime, school dropout, family breakdown, and premature deaths. It cripples dreams and sabotages national development\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ACPN president\u00a0\u00a0called on all stakeholders\u2014government, civil society, security agencies, religious and traditional leaders, parents, and educators\u2014to intensify their roles in prevention, education, early intervention, and rehabilitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Source:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/2025\/06\/27\/drug-abuse-attention-must-now-shift-to-prevention-says-acpn\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a01 week ago The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has advocated\u00a0\u00a0urgent, coordinated, and sustained actions to combat drug abuse which has constituted a major public health menace. by Onyebuchi Ezigbo\u00a0in Abuja In his message to mark the International Day Against Drug, the National Chairman of ACPN,\u00a0\u00a0Ezeh Ambrose Igwekamma, said that focus should now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,20,40,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicines","category-others","category-prevention-research","category-strategy-and-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}