How marijuana use affects the African Child

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Today marks precisely 40 years since the famous 1976 Soweto uprising against restrictions imposed on the education of the African child back then. The struggles of the African child have since come in different phases.

Currently, one of the most pressing struggles of the African child, although this is not only an African problem, is addiction to marijuana, among other illicit drugs.

In Zaria, Nigeria 9.4% of 15 to 19 year old secondary school youth reportedly smoked marijuana (Shebu & Idris, 2008). On the other hand, 10% of self-confessed marijuana use among adolescents were reported (Peltzer & Ramlagan, 2007).

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How marijuana use affects the African Child

Today marks precisely 40 years since the famous 1976 Soweto uprising against restrictions imposed on the education of the African child back then. The struggles of the African child have since come in different phases.