Anti-drug lobby Reachout Centre Trust (RCT) Executive Director Taib Abdulrahman, has reiterated the need to ban Muguka consuption in Mombasa county.
Mr Taib said Muguka consumption has triggered increased mental related challenges among Mombasa residents and that efforts should be accelerated to tame its consumption.
Speaking in Mombasa on Saturday, amid protests in Embu county, the major grower of Muguka, Taib said that research has revealed grave results that Muguka is simply a drug that affects any user.
He noted that in various mental health institutions in the county, many youth were grappling with the effects of the drug including minors.
“Let’s not hide the trash under our carpets, we are bound to suffere dire health repercussions because Muguka leaves are hugely consumed by our youth and who later advance to hard drugs like cocain and heroin,” said the Anti-drug activist.
figures released by a public hospital, Portreitz Sub county Hospital with a psychiatric unit showed out of 70 patients with mental health related challenges, 45 were as a result of Muguka consumption.
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Meanwhile, on Saturday, Mombasa residents held a peaceful procession supporting the ban of Muguka in the county.
Led by Reachout Centre Trust Executive Director Taib Abdulrahman, the locals said Muguka has sent the productive population in Mombasa (18-45) into sleepwalkers who can no longer engage in productive and development activities in the region.
The anti-drug activist said from the research conducted, Muguka consumption slowly lead the users into hard drugs among them heroin and cocaine.
“We fully support the Governors’ move to halt Muguka entry, distribution and consumption in Mombasa county. It has affected our youth and sadly, the school going children too,” noted Mr Taib.
