Deadly Doses II: Ghana's drug problem has become a public health crisis, Criminologist says
Dr. Jones Opoku-Ware, a criminologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), warned on Monday, July 27, on Joy FM's Super Morning Show that Ghana's growing drug problem has developed into a public health crisis requiring urgent national attention. He stated, "It is not just a criminal act as probably we used to have it sometimes, but now it is becoming a public, or in fact, it's even become a public health crisis for which all of us as a country have to be very much worried about."
Dr. Opoku-Ware explained that the country's drug landscape has changed significantly, making the trade and abuse of narcotics increasingly difficult to detect and control. He noted a "latent metamorphosis of the drug dealings in the country and abuse," with traffickers and users adopting new methods that are harder for authorities to monitor and track.
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A criminologist from KNUST, Dr. Jones Opoku-Ware, warns that Ghana's drug problem has evolved beyond a criminal justice issue. The changing
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