The government has reviewed the existing laws on narcotic drugs by spelling out offences and providing realistic and deterring punishments, following the rising incidence of narcotic drug abuse in the country. Mr Nat D. Acquah, deputy superintendent of police in-charge of Agona Nyakrom, who announced this at a forum at Agona Nsaba Presbyterian secondary school, said it is not only an offence to use narcotic drugs but also to import, export, possess, cultivate or manufacture it.
The forum was organised by the Agona district secretariat of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). He called on the neighbourhood watchdog committees, community leaders, chiefs, and private security agencies to help the police curb the menace of drug abuse.
Mr A.B. Gyamfi, deputy district fire officer, who spoke on; "the causes of domestic fires and their prevention", advised the students to stop using heaters and heavy electrical gadgets in their dormitories to avert fire outbreak.
He said the nation spends huge sums of money on disaster management annually due to the negligence of people, adding that the money could be used for development. Mr John Kwame Abban, district co-ordinator of NADMO, appealed to the school
authorities to encourage the students to form disaster prevention clubs to help protect life and property in the event of disasters. Mr F. Andrews, Senior House- Master of the school chaired the function.
