Nigeria: Mental Health and Addiction in Nigeria's Classrooms

“[Vanguard] As Nigeria marks the Mental Health Awareness Month this May, there is a growing but under-acknowledged crisis. As far back as 2018, an estimated 14.3 million Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 64 were reported to have used drugs, with about 3 million living with drug use disorders, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC, 2018). Since then, emerging studies and public health reports suggest that young people, especially students, are increasingly affected, often alongside rising

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