Lack of policies derails drug abuse fight

The fight against drug and substance abuse is being derailed by lack of policies to facilitate progressive moves that promote public health systems, a local pressure group has said.

In a statement this week, Zimbabwe Civil Liberties Drugs Network executive director Wilson Box said there was a big gap in the anti-drug fight.

He also noted that a lack of treatment services for people who use and inject drugs was another challenge impeding the fight.

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