Illicit Drug and Drug Trafficking: Reflection on Methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri) and the Youth Population

Abstract

Most governments and international organizations in the world have had heated debates given the act on the basis in which global drugs ravage the entire globe. By this, it has been identified that the production, trafficking and consumption of number of organic and inorganic narcotic substance which have been declared illegal by government are indeed a problem for the whole of mankind. Against this backdrop, this study is on illicit drug and drug trafficking: reflection on methamphetamine (mkpuru mmiri) and the youth population. The study queries the emergence and consumption of mkpuru mmiri/methamphetamine as well as its debilitating effects on the youth population, using descriptive and historical analysis. The paper argues that mkpuru mmiri intake by some of the youth population is as the result of socio-economic and cultural decadence in most the local communities, especially in the South-eastern state of Nigeria and the society at large. This paper finds that methamphetamine/mkpuru mmiri addiction has caused mental disorders and frustration among the youth population. The paper proffers solution to abate the menace of mkpuru mmiri by calling on the relevant authorities, institutions and agencies to collaborate with the local communities in playing a well-desired role. The paper concludes that total eradication of mkpuru mmiri is possible only if the channel of supply and consumers are seriously dealt with by all the necessary approaches.