How strategic collaboration is rewriting narrative on youth drug abuse
This year’s global theme reminds us that the fight against substance abuse demands a collective response because its consequences extend far beyond the individual, affecting public health, economic productivity, community wellbeing, and national development.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Drug Use in Nigeria Survey (2018), still one of Nigeria’s most comprehensive national assessments of substance abuse, revealed a deeply distressing reality.
To date, the ASAP initiative has directly impacted over 50,433 students and 1,556 teachers across public secondary schools in 32 states and the FCT through structured anti-substance abuse capacity-building initiatives, digital advocacy, peer-to-peer training, and community town halls.
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