Gambia: 'Gambia Yet to Have Specialised Drug Treatment Facility

20 January 2022

Ousman Saidyba, public relations officer and head of Drug Demand Reduction Unit at the Drug Law Enforcement Agency - The Gambia (DLEAG), has said that: "The Gambia, a country where most youth are engaged in drug use, is yet to have a special drug treatment facility."

He added the only place The Gambia has for treatment is "Tanka Tanka" Psychiatric Hospital which is not a specialised drug treatment facility.

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