The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has described as worrisome the rate at which youths engage in drugs and asked that a decisive sensitisation commence immediately.

Charles Onubogu, the NDLEA commander in Anambra, during an advocacy campaign for youths in Awka, the state capital, on Saturday, said there was nothing sparkling about drugs that people cannot develop the willpower to reject in its totality as a killer pill.

“There is no more time to waste, the youths are using their whole life to embrace hard drugs,” Mr Onubogu stated.

He advised youths to build a safer, healthier, and more prosperous life by jettisoning drug intake and trafficking.

Mr Onubogu called on community and faith-based organisation leaders, parents, and civil society bodies across the state to periodically engage the youths on the dangers of drug abuse and trafficking.

“I call on parents, guardians, and well-meaning members of the public to take the fight against the intake of hard drugs by the youths seriously.

“As you engage in evangelism to win souls for God, please win souls for the nation.

“Parents should create quality time with their children, relaxing and interacting deeply with them to be able to track down any trait that can sell them to drugs,” he said.

Mr Onubogu said that NDLEA in Anambra has no other business but to drag out people deep in drug abuse and help them detest the substance.

He called on members of the public to see the fight against drug abuse as a social responsibility, adding that a society bedeviled with drug addicts is not a habitable society.

The NDLEA commander said the command was bent on eliminating the menace, but inclusive action by the people was needed, with timely, quality information and clearer details.

“The fight against drugs and trafficking will only come to a barest level if the people agree to walk and work with NDLEA in the state,” he said.

Mr Onubogu, therefore, urged members of the public to always reach out to the agency at 09136832679.

(NAN)