A PEACE AMBASSADOR'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE.

Gwise Constructive Peace Initiatives-GCPI is in partnership and collaboration with hundreds of Youth leaders and Initiatives across Africa. One of such is GATE (Greatness Achieved Through Excellence) founded by Mohammed, D. Konneh.

Mohammed, Konneh is a peace ambassador and presently serves as the President/Founder of "Greatness Achieved Through Excellence-GATE Africa". His organisation missions in effecting a better Africa, one way he is doing this, is through incessant Leadership collaboration and network with youths and Stakeholders in Bushrod Island extending from Liberia to other youths in Africa.

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GCPI is one of such network as we highlight Konneh's organisation latest collaborative campaigns against drug abuse especially Tramadol- which is now a silent killer as well as a peak driver to youth restiveness and Community violence. This is a major concern for many Non Governmental Organisations. Evidently, this is GATE concern, as we highlight the founder's too.

Let's talk about TramaDol and my campaign against it.

Coiled from yaliface2face mobile forum.

I am Supporting PAPA Young's (Another Leader from Uganda) defination of the drug- Tramadol, "sold under the brand name Ultram among others, is an opioid pain medication used to treat moderate to moderately severe pain. When taken by mouth in an immediate-release formulation, the onset of pain relief usually occurs within an hour. It is often combined with paracetamol (acetaminophen) as this is known to improve the efficacy of tramadol in relieving pain.

Common side effects include: constipation, itchiness and nausea. Serious side effects may include seizures, increased risk of serotonin syndrome, decreased alertness, and drug addiction."

En masse Awareness on Drug abuse, facilitated by Konneh.

Konneh continued: The drugs were produced firstly in Germany, it was thought to be less effective in terms of side effects. However, when it was introduced in the USA 1995, it fatality was not known until in recent times when DEA started to observe changes in demand.Huge quantity was been purchased for non medical purposes.

Over the period of time in Liberia and most parts of Africa, this drug have been on a staggering increase and is killing our youth slowly. Young people consume this drug abnormally in a day time more than the normal prescription. We decided to take this awareness in order to have the government institute strict measures and also educate people about this drug and other opiate substances.

Within the next 5️⃣ years to come if those addictive drugs are not curtail on the African continent, I fear that we will have more mad youth and increase in death as well. The reason many people used it is because they feel high. Make them feel delusional and the drug leave them in the state of hallucination and make them unaware of what happening in their surroundings. They don't even know that damage it does to the body.

Way forward

The "sweet sweet codeine" documentary released by BBC Africa to show youths states as it surrounds the abuse of a cough syrup in Nigeria shows that drug abuse is a real Africa problem as it concerns youths, who are supposed to be the positive drivers of National Economy.

GYST event, which informed more youth leaders/Inflencers in Liberia

In order to reduce this menace to the bearest minimum in the short run, youth leaders and influencers like Konneh must be playing active role in sensitisation, awareness campaigns, drug rehabilitation and its facilitation. Since most addicts never knew the damage tramadol abuse does to the body, Konneh has started with a radio programme awareness in Liberia, next he identified himself with other stakeholders to press swift action in correcting the misinformed youths about the drug, its usage and abuse.

This is a sustainable peace strategy to effecting a better Africa. GCPI says well done Leader Konneh.  SUSTAINABLE PEACE IS POSSIBLE.