Methampethamime (mkpurummiri ) has become rampant especially among the youths in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. This hard drug is not only limited to the youths of the South-Eastern part of Nigeria but others in different parts of the country.
According to Enactafrica, United Nation Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) in 2018 estimated 89000 Nigerians to be taking methamphetamine.
Mkpurummiri is a very addictive substance which has sent many youths to early grave while rendering others useless due to mental illness. Methamphetamine is a psycho-stimulant drug taken by the youth due to its euphoric effects on the body.
It is taken for the pleasurable effects on the body of the user not regarding the fact that the drug kills an individual slowly. It affects the brain and triggers the release of dopamine (pleasure hormone).
According to National Institute of Health, Methamphetamineine is a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system .
A medical source pointed out that meth(mkpurummiri) ) is dangerous not only because it is composed of toxic substance but it severely dehydrate the body.
In 2019 NDLEA raised an alarm following the discovery of a laboratory in Anambra state where this hard drug(methamphetamine) was produced and sold.
NDLEA Special Enforcement team commander Sunday Ziranyay reportedly said that Meth was a serious threat and that Nigeria risked turning into a narco-state.
Despite the health implication/risks associated with this hard drug, its daily consumption is on the increase especially among the youths in the eastern part of the country.
Also NDLEA commander in Imo state Mr. Nse Inam while recalling the achievement of the organization, lamented increasing abuse of methamphetamine popularly known as mkpuru mmiri in Imo state by more than 10 percent.
The Chief executive of a Lagos pharmaceutical company while responding to enactafrica, pointed out that the growing incidence of methamphetamine is mainly due to the depressed economic reality faced by the youths in Nigeria.
According to an article in Aelicious, the introduction of mpuru mmiri has done more harm to our youths with nothing good to show. It also pointed out the high rate of kidnapping cultism armed robbery money rituals raping madness and other ugly stories since the existence of mpuru mmiri.
9jainform shared the same view when it estimated the number of madness in the streets will be tripled in the next three years if nothing is done to curb the growing rate of consumption of mkpuru mmiri among the youths.
Commissioner of youth empowerment and creative economy, Prof. Theresa Obiekezie, at a workshop organized for the youth stressed on the increasing incidence of methamphetamine abuse and pointed out that it has destroyed many youths, led to vandalization of public properties, ignited various degrees of violence among the youth.
Mkpurummiri can be taken in various form, it can eaten or snorted up the nose and still, it can be mixed with a liquid and injected into the body with a needle. Crystal meth can also be smoked in a small glass pipe.
Because mkpuru mmiri is a stimulant, it deprives the users of quality sleep needed for healthy living. Longer use of the drug can lead to fatality or death of an individual
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Sources:Akeliciou.net/mkpurummiri
Nimedhealth.com.ng/mkpurmmiri/all you need to know including the side effect
Madniaja.com/mkpuru mmiri
Opera news/mkpuru mmiri
EnactAfrica.net
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