{"id":450912,"date":"2011-06-30T12:13:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/ghana-students-urged-to-shun-drugs\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T12:13:09","slug":"ghana-students-urged-to-shun-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/ghana-students-urged-to-shun-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: Students Urged to Shun Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46.3305540613\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanaian-chronicle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/ghanachronicle180.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)\" title=\"Visit Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Allan Paintsil<\/p>\n<p>29 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Cape Coast \u2014 The Central Regional Minister, Comfort Ama Benyiwa Doe, has called on students in both the first and second cycle schools to develop a strong mental attitude towards the use of drugs, so as to become responsible citizens for the country.<\/p>\n<p>She said the youth in Japan, Malaysia and China had developed their faculties in the area of science and mathematics, as well as other fields, making their countries highly respected economies in the world.<\/p>\n<p>She challenged the students to stand up to the task by refraining from drug abuse and other practices that have the tendencies to ruin their future careers and contributions to the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Regional Minister said this in a speech read on her behalf at the launch of this year&#8217;s World Drug Day celebration in Cape Coast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Doe advised the students to become drug security conscious, and also preach against the bad influences of drugs in their communities, schools, and wherever they might find themselves.<\/p>\n<p>A Board Member of the National Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Mr. Roger Vanderpuye, who spoke on behalf of the Executive Secretary of NACOB, said NACOB was recruiting qualified personnel to help crack down on drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Wing Commander Eric Adjei Frimpong, also a Board Member of NACOB, who read a speech on behalf of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, said the drug cartels had targeted West Africa as their transit point, and that $85 billion was being realised in the trade annually.<\/p>\n<p>An exhibition on drugs was shown to the students, who marvelled at how some human beings could go to the extent of risking their lives for monies through drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>An excerpt of an essay written by a student revealed that some students hide drugs in their mattresses, while others pretend to be men of God, who at their prayer sessions in bushes indulge in drug abuse.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106300720.html\" title=\"Ghana: Students Urged to Shun Drugs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana: Students Urged to Shun Drugs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> David Allan Paintsil 29 June 2011 Cape Coast \u2014 The Central Regional Minister, Comfort Ama Benyiwa Doe, has called on students in both the first and second cycle schools to develop a strong mental attitude towards the use of drugs, so as to become responsible citizens for the country. She said the youth in Japan, Malaysia and China had developed their faculties in the area of science and mathematics, as well as other fields, making their countries highly respected economies in the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":450913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-450912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana: Students Urged to Shun Drugs - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/ghana-students-urged-to-shun-drugs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana: Students Urged to Shun Drugs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"David Allan Paintsil 29 June 2011 Cape Coast \u2014 The Central Regional Minister, Comfort Ama Benyiwa Doe, has called on students in both the first and second cycle schools to develop a strong mental attitude towards the use of drugs, so as to become responsible citizens for the country. 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