Towards Noncustodial Harm Reduction in Substance Abuse Amongst Youths: The Need to Incorporate Social Marketing Interventions into the Nigerian Legal Framework

Towards Noncustodial Harm Reduction in Substance Abuse Amongst Youths: The Need to Incorporate Social Marketing Interventions into the Nigerian Legal Framework

The overly reliance on getting ‘tough on drugs policy’ by the Nigerian government is counterproductive, as the problem is still on the increase. This has called for explicit and formal incorporation of social marketing strategies into our legal framework for better outcomes in the ‘war on drugs’. Th...

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Main Authors: Macpherson Uchenna Nnam, Victoria O Onya, Chinazor Franca Obi, Chisom E Ogbonnaya, Mercy Chioma Arua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific African
Subjects:
Harm reduction
Legal framework
Noncustodial
Social marketing
Substance abuse
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227621001034

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