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Drug Addicts Increasing Across West Africa
In Lagos Nigeria an upswing in narcotics use prompts Ghana and Nigerian health officials to produce warning films. Police seized 4444 pounds of illicit drugs in 1962, up from 517 pounds in 1961, as cannabis and other narcotics spread. A Nigerian senator even proposed hemp production for profit, while the World Health Organization bans cannabis medical use. Cannabis, sold worldwide as kif bhang dagga marijuana, fuels crime by craving rather than medical need. The piece notes the Revolutionary War's 4060 U.S. deaths as unrelated context.
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