Edo NDLEA blames cannabis farms, schoolchildren’s involvement as key anti-drug challenges

Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has listed increasing cultivation of cannabis in forest areas and the growing involvement of schoolchildren in illicit drug activities as among the major obstacles to the fight against drug abuse and trafficking in Nigeria. 
The Command said the development is frustrating efforts to curb the production, distribution and consumption of illicit substances.
DAILY POST reports that Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, the Edo State Commander of NDLEA stated this on Thursday, August 6, 2026, when the leadership of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) paid  him a court...