Society for Drug Abuse Enlightenment & Control

25/08/2025

proposed 1st World Class Rehab Centre in Nigeria.

youtu.be/ZxaOMWnvPUc?si…

19/08/2025

REAL LIFE STORIES: PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE

“I have overdosed twice off of prescription pills and had a close friend die of the same drug…. There is no worse feeling than knowing that your friend is dead because you gave him pills that you knew relatively little about.” —Linda

https://bit.ly/43t0d2Z

19/08/2025

19/08/2025

19/08/2025

Tramadol Crisis in Nigeria: The Reason for Increased Insecurity in the Country

What is Tramadol?
* Prescription drug
* Primarily a painkiller
* Can treat mild depression or premature ej*******on
* Tramadol is only legally available on prescription in Nigeria
* However, in practice, it is sold freely in pharmacies and at market stalls across the country
* Much of the Tramadol coming into Nigeria is made in India

1. Nigeria is said to be the biggest market for Tramadol in Africa.
2. It is estimated that over 4,000,000 people in Nigeria are misusing some form of opioid, including Tramadol.
3. In 2018, the Nigerian government banned the sale of Tramadol without a prescription and cracked down on the import of illegal opioids. However, seven years later, how are these drugs still getting into the country?
4. Since the country banned the import of the drug above the approved threshold of 100mg, more and more are still being smuggled into the country across borders.
5. According to the NDLEA report, in 2023, the agency seized opioids worth more than $100 million.
6. In Nigeria, the legal maximum dose of Tramadol for medical use is 100mg, but many of the seized imports contain much stronger pills.
7. The drug importers change the drug name and packaging, and even the chemical formula, to try to deceive the NDLEA.
8. In 2020, the former Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Abdullahi (Rtd), lamented that the drug “fuels insurgency in the north-east, because theatre commandants have testified to me that every Boko Haram camp they have overrun, they found paraphernalia of drug abuse, particularly Tramadol.”

17/08/2025

17/08/2025

SODAEC's Proposed 1st World-Class Rehabilitation Centre in Nigeria. The facility, designed to be state-of-the-art with various features, including an education theatre, skill acquisition, and recreation facilities, aims to help people with drug addiction and mental health problems achieve meaningful and lasting recovery. The project is a partnership between the organization and the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

29/07/2025

A Message of Solicitation for Support to Construct the 1st World Class Rehabilitation Centre in Nigeria to Help People with Drug Abuse Disorders and Mental Health Problems Achieve Meaningful Recovery

29/07/2025

An excerpt from our 2017 program with BBC Media Action Naija in Kaduna state:

Testimonies from some local authorities to the positive impacts of the activities of in curbing the menace of drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

26/07/2025

“I used to dream about grandchildren from him. Now, I see that I have lost,”.

“All my country has lost, because of what he is doing.”

A father sorrowfully cried out for his drug addicted son!

26/07/2025

"I used to dream about grandchildren from him. Now, I see that I have lost,".

"All my country has lost, because of what he is doing."

A father cried out for his drug addicted son!

25/07/2025

Court documents show how the Kano State Commissioner for Transport, Ibrahim Namadi, bailed out a suspected drug dealer, Sulaiman Aminu Danwawu.

Mr Danwawu is allegedy the most notorious drug kingpin in Kano.

Credit: Daily Nigerian
Jaafar Jaafar