Nigeria: Time Bomb! Fatal Attraction of Codeine Addiction

opinion

Like moths to the flame, they flock in droves to satiate their uncontrollable self-destructive habit of codeine cough syrup consumption. Attracted by the overpowering lure of the sweet tasting elixir, hordes of Nigerians--school children, young adults, fully grown men and women and other habitual consumers--go all out to live out this death wish.

They are subsisting on an unsavory diet of codeine cough syrup. Commonly mixed with soft drinks and alcohol and consumed, codeine, alhough less potent than its drug relative --morphine--is a prescription pain medication that has similar powerfully addictive properties. Once you are hooked on codeine you are hooked. And God help you if you are hooked.

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