Neuroscientists and medical experts are proposing a different approach to tackling increasing rates of substance abuse in Nigeria. 

They are recommending amendment of existing laws, improvement and treatment and advocacy. 

The experts took this position during the 2023 Neuroscience Festival in Gombe, a northeastern State with the highest prevalence rate of drug abuse in the country, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. 

WADR’s Usman Umar in Abuja tells us more.