Recent news indicates that there is a drug problem in South-East Nigeria. To understand how big of a problem this is, it helps to know what methamphetamine (locally known as Mkpuri-Mmiri in the Igbo language) is. What Is Methamphetamine? Like many other ‘hard drugs,’ methamphetamine acts on the brain to produce a…
If you’re an avid user of social media, you must have asked this question before. It’s hard to miss the constant badgering of antibiotic abuse by medical professionals online. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics is an issue in Nigeria. To a large extent, a lack of awareness contributes to it. In this article, we will…
It’s a common misconception that shisha is the milder form of smoked drugs such as tobacco and marijuana. This belief has often reinforced the use of shisha even among people who wouldn’t smoke tobacco or marijauana otherwise. Let’s try to understand what shisha is all about. Smoking shisha involves burning wood, coal or charcoal to…