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Secrets sewers are telling us on drug abuse

Drug addiction

Cannabis, heroin and cocaine remain Kenya’s top three most used illicit drugs.

Photo credit: Photo | Pool

By  Anthony Omerikwa

CEO

Nacada

What you need to know:

  • The street names you hear are not harmless slang.
  • They are evidence of a crisis flowing right under our feet.

I want to start with a strange thought: our sewers are talking. And for the first time in Kenya, we decided to listen.

At the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada), we have always relied on what users tell us, or hide from us.

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