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The second panelist, Mr. Joseph S. Quoi, a professional Mental Health Pharmacist proxy on behalf of Dr. Francis N. Kateh from the Ministry of Health, Mr. Quoi said, about thirty one million people around the world are using drugs and are associated with disorderliness, which is more than six time Liberia's population.

Mr.Quoi mentioned that, of the thirty one million people who are taking drugs, 10.6 million are injecting which pose a high risk of hepatitis, HIV, diabetes and transmission of other diseases that can be transmitted through needles. Adding that moving from punishment to rehabilitation is the way forward.

Other Countries around the world are designing strategies how to fight drugs by looking at the care of the patients before going after those who are putting drugs on the street.

Pharmacist Quoi said, one of the reasons that lead to the increase in drug usage is that people take drugs and feel happy for the first time so they feel happy to do more but in the final analysis, it leads them to become zogos on the street. He emphasized that the family has a role to play even if the government should intervene. He said, family support is one of the major way to recovery. Prevention is key, stopping the act from happening is even better therefore, the schools should be targeted and the community must be involved to point of going out to the ghettoes Hon. Quioi concluded.