Zambia: No medicinal value in marijuana
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe
MARIJUANA has no medicinal value and there is nothing good about it, an official of the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has said.
Central Province DEC education and counselling officer Nellie Mumba has said youths should not be lured into thinking that marijuana, commonly known as chamba, is good.
“The effects of chamba are very bad,” Ms Mumba said.
Ms Mumba urged young people not to be tempted into testing any prohibited drug as they would “get hooked there and then”.
She said this on a KNC Radio One programme recently.
Ms Mumba said young people are being destroyed because marijuana has devastating effects on a person’s health.
She noted that marijuana does not make pupils or students intelligent as is widely perceived.
“Actually it goes to affect the IQ [intelligence quotient] and this is what is in charge of...
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