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Kenyan youth are abusing both prescriptive as well as some new illegal drugs. 
 

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Ya-Ba, happy water, meow... list of drugs abused by the youth keeps growing

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By  Steve Otieno

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Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The drugs have found their way into the country, with most of them coming in through the port of Mombasa. 
  • According to the National Authority for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada) the drug market is extremely dynamic.

Whereas cocaine, heroin and bhang are highly abused in Kenya, the range of illegal drugs is growing. 

Though given innocuous names, the drugs are lethal. They include Ya-Ba, happy water, mephedrone, spice/K2 and ketamine. 

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