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dressing videos showing young people in
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Zombie likee States due to drug abuse
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have flooded social media the chilling
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phrase W red has become a disturbing
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Trend among the youth signaling the
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growing opard
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crisis the opiods commonly referred to
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as red or red 225 on the streets were
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originally intended to be strong
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painkillers however they've now become a
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cheap and highly addictive drug drawing
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many young people into a dangerous cycle
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especially in deprived communities
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Ministry of Health aist with deep
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concern the rising prevalence and
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profoundly damaging impact of opiate
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abuse affected the young people of Ghana
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of particular alarm is the emergence and
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then the Insidious spread of the street
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drug name
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red the this substance poses great
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health risk and carries the potential of
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Rapid addiction and severe
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lifethreatening um complications for its
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users to combat this growing Menace the
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ministry of Youth Development and
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empowerment has launched a national
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anti-drug campaign aimed at safeguarding
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the youth from substance abuse during
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the launch sector Minister georgo parado
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emphasized the urgent need for proactive
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measures to save lives as a nation we
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cannot stand by Idol and witness the
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erosion of our young of our youth's
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promise and
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potential the red mean stop campaign is
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not merely about raising awareness it is
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about saving lives in collaboration with
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entertainment we Ghana we are launching
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this initiative to directly combat the
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red epidemic and other harmful
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substances permeating our communities
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our mission is clear to educate Empower
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and mobilize ghanian youth to make
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informed drug-free choices that
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Safeguard their future the minister
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further stated the campaign will be
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extended to institutions of learning
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particularly tertiary schools which have
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become hot spot for substance abuse we
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don't intend to remain in PL offices or
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conference rooms like this we will take
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the campaign to where the drugs are the
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epicenter currently in our tertiary
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institutions our universities and we'll
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be going there our secondary schools if
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you listen to the minister of interior
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only six schools profiled in the
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northern region about 64% of them one
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way or the other have experimented with
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one drug or the other and so we will not
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remain in our offices in Acra this is
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more serious than a fight against galam
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because this affects the human resource
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of the country meanwhile the Ministry of
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Education National Youth Authority
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narcotics Control Commission and the
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Food and Drugs Authority will spearhead
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a tax Force focused on
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sensitization prevention and
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Rehabilitation the initiative will also
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introduce alternative livelihood
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programs for youth affected by substance