{{About 52.5% of Rwandan youths have at least used drugs a study conducted in 20 districts has revealed.}}
The study also shows that 92.7% of the country’s populations have atleast taken drugs and kept on consuming drugs.
Research results were presented on March 15, 2012, was commissioned and conducted by the Ministry of Youth and ICT.
Zaina Nyiramatama, the executive secretary of the National Commission for Children said, “we decided to have combating alcohol and drug abuse among the subthemes that will be discussed during the 8th National Children’s Summit that will be held in January 2013.”
She added that It will be an opportunity to explore the contribution of children in fighting drug abuse through the dialogues and debates.
Supt. Emmanuel Ngondo of the Police Anti Narcotics Unit says the biggest age group of drug users is between 18 and 35, most of them in schools.
Statistics by the Police Anti Narcotics Unit show that out of 3,384 people arrested last year over sale and consumption of drugs, 2,566 were aged between 18 and 35, making it 76%.
22.6% of all patients received last year by the psychiatric hospital of Ndera had mental problems caused by drug use.
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