Drug abuse fight needs collective effort: Experts

GOVERNMENT has been urged to collaborate with community-based organisations and other stakeholders to fight drug abuse which is now rampant among the youth.

On Monday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched an anti-drug abuse campaign, where he described the scourge as cancerous.

Legal expert Takunda Mtetwa, who is also executive director for Ezer Trust, an organisation that counsels young people on drugs, yesterday told NewsDay that there was need for stakeholder engagement to effectively fight drug abuse in the country.

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