High school students to be tested for drugs
Nacada Chairman John Mututho at a past event. Free test kits will soon be introduced in secondary schools in the war against drugs to enable the government eliminate drug addiction among secondary school students he said. PHOTO/FILE
What you need to know:
- Addressing a group of secondary school students on an educational tour in Naivasha at the weekend, Mr Mututho revealed that students were increasingly developing devious means to peddle and use drugs in schools.
- He cited a case of a school in Murang’a where dealers cleverly send students drugs across a river that passes by the institution.
Free test kits will soon be introduced in secondary schools in the war against drugs.
This will enable the government to eliminate drug addiction among secondary school students, the chairman of the National Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada), Mr John Mututho has said.
The kits for mandatory tests will be introduced from next term, he said.
DEVIOUS STUDENTS
Addressing a group of secondary school students on an educational tour in Naivasha at the weekend, Mr Mututho revealed that students were increasingly developing devious means to peddle and use drugs in schools.
“We have learnt that students are lacing tampons with drugs. In some cases, weed cookies are being sneaked into schools. We even learnt that in some schools, students sneak in chapatis laced with drugs” he said.
He cited a case of a school in Murang’a where dealers cleverly send students drugs across a river that passes by the institution.
The peddlers wrap the drugs in a paper bag and send it downstream to a pre-arranged point where the students easily pick it, he added.
At the same time, Mr Mututho warned pharmacists against selling unprescribed drugs as this could transform consumers into addicts.
Mr Mututho said that there are over 40 such drugs being sold to unsuspecting buyers who develop addiction.
“Such a pharmacist is just like a drug peddler dealing in heroin and cocaine. We are focusing on cocaine and heroin, and yet here they are spearheading a wrong drug addiction in innocent people,” the Nacada boss said.
