Nigeria faces significant challenges related to substance use, with poverty, unemployment, mental health, and limited access to support contributing to drug-related harm across the country. Through firsthand accounts and perspectives from psychiatrists, sociologists, traditional leaders, public health experts, and officials with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, this documentary examines the causes and consequences of drug use in Nigeria. It also explores prevention, treatment, community initiatives, and the need for coordinated efforts to address addiction and support individuals, families, and communities affected by substance use.

TOPICS: Nigeria, Poverty, Prevention & Treatment, Public Health, Socioeconomics