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a junior now, today we're looking into an issue that affects many young people across the continent. i'm talking about the use and abuse of drugs, or we're not just looking at the problem. and also how young people can support the appears in dealing with it. if what's coming out in kenya, we investigate how heroin addiction has grown in coastal community. we explore how might wanna might become money spinner in mound teams, the social we need to hi kicking, marcia loud actress who knows no limit. now let's start off in kenya, where many coastal towns have become hot, spots of drug trafficking in the wake of the cool, with 19 pandemic. the communities are now confronted with rise in numbers of drug addicts. the world health organization,

regional office for africa estimates more than half of drug users are between 10 to 19 years old. now that is staggering, our very own either kamani went to see for herself out this worrying trend affects daily life. it's a curious sight, an infant slippers thrown with cigarette waste and drug paraphernalia. then again, this is no ordinary home. it's where us here, bianca and her husband lived together with their son. both parents had drug addicts and the slippers belonged to their little girl who died only 6 months after she was born. and so when we went to bed, she was fine. and then when i woke up, she was foaming at the mouth. i got scared, this must be a kind and hoped when i was high on heroin, that i hadn't placed my hand or leg on her, causing her to suffocate. okay. despite the doctor's ruling out,

her fears as she is still carries the guilt of her daughter's death and had 3 year diction. the 20 year old was introduced to the habit by her boyfriend. he would secretly lease her cigarettes with a powder. and by the time she found out she was already addicted. what that oh, i was in pain, yawning, and called in a schematic. that's when i saw him and he said, you are going through withdrawn and you've been on heroin. now i'm hooked. there's no way for me to go to rehab with nearly 3000 active injecting drug users. melinda horse, one of the highest numbers of heroin addicts and kenya played most coastal towns in the country. it's used by international traffic as, as a transit point for drugs which are transported from afghanistan to the west. the covered 19th, endemic coupled with a feeling tourism industry has only made things worse for uses in this area.

i doesn't take us long to see just how bad things can get. mohammed is here to get methadone, a synthetic opioid used for drug addiction therapy, but it's not good news. he needs to reduce his heroine intake further before he can be put on the therapy. i took the opportunity to ask him how he's feeling. i mean, as i look at you, i feel like grabbing you and dropping you to go get a hold. because i'm going through withdrawal now. where did i ever use hearing? oh, i have nothing. i'm left with nothing to see the wesley wash it really hats me or whatever. outside, there are many more active and recovering drug users. when they see the camera they asked, we can offer them work is a deep sense of despair. here as most are left with nothing but the on my re project a community base rehabilitation center officials here, one of

a worrying trend that has emerged through the condemning when school closed and kids took good to school. so the number of victory as a short term planner, because in melinda so many people, if you're not taking catering, then they're taking kurt, smoking, marijuana and cigarettes long. i'm one of just got the pandemic is also pushing recovering addicts to the edge is on for, but i have thoughts of the love seat and every other been, but when i come here, i feel some sense of relief, not to lodging. but some reason if you go said cali, meant to somehow the government has forgotten us. home, we are left homeless, sick, sick at home, much or she sick in the streets. so we have no choice but to support each other or new for us here. her only support at the moment is her husband, himself, an addict, will leave the young mother cleaning a half abandoned house, a fitting metaphor for a woman struggling to keep her life together. that it

was quite a touching story, wasn't that drug abuse is a huge problem and has been a rise in problem across africa for yes. x that see that job losses and school closures due to the cobra panoramic cost drug use to increase. but is that the whole truth about drug abuse in africa? let's join less show for some answers. let's start with a quiz. the most consumed drug in africa is alcohol. that's right. that means the most drug users wouldn't even call themselves drug users, because alcohol is illegal drug. and as we know, it's actually more socially acceptable to drink than to smoke marijuana. we'll talk about illegal drugs in a moment. but 1st quick question. number 2, what to african country has the heaviest drink areas?

well, according to the world health organization, it's the shelves. the average person there drinks a whopping 20 leaders of pure alcohol per year. also in the top 5 is uganda, followed by burkina, faso, tanzania, and nigeria. okay, let's talk other drugs. now. did you know that south africa is the only country in africa where marijuana is legalized? well, we asked people in ghana whether other countries should follow this path as well. for me, maybe i would go in for a week because it seems dr. domestically a quite animal people are using this. so i think maybe read should really go back in my view, read smoking. it actually is the my like,

i think something like mixing. i don't really have a fair idea of i read in general when you use it, i think maybe to you or something like that, right. are good friends talking about it. now here is an interesting fact. although most drugs remain illegal, the un estimates that by 2030 africa is gonna see an increase if of a staggering 40 percent of drug users. why? well, the main reason is that the population is growing and getting younger and younger. and statistics show that young people take more drugs. there's one elicit drug that is especially famous among young people. marry one, i'm a weed, a kind of also popular in the population as a whole. our heroine, cocaine,

crystal meth and prescription drugs like tramadol and coding. and then there are local drugs that are often not captured in international statistics. we also have a plan. the growth in med room in the middle is the account in kenya that grows a plant called cut me to easily available and therefore other people get their high by sniffing, glue, or petrol or even smoking lives are part. what i find interesting is that we africans have some of the strictest laws against drug use, but that is not deterring people from consumption. what my latoy from uganda believe the laws of his country are too strict. his uganda harm reduction that work has been criticized for offering legal support to those arrested for injecting

drugs like harry and like if you like. well, that's all right. well, what was going to happen is that he's using them look good money community already. if advantage of the community, i found it shocking that some uganda and have even been arrested for seeking help. according to the 2016 uganda, anti narcotics law, addicts cannot go to rehab or get treatment at the country's only clinic that offers medication assisted treatment or maps without reporting to the police and a judge ordering them to get therapy. so i'm not surprised that many decide to stay in the shadow. on top of that african substance, abusers are not only seen as criminals, but also as sinners. so instead of getting them medical treatment,

families prefer seeking help in church. before them, they are believing that they should be blended before they just played to hope that the didn't want to be run away. so what's the best way to deal with the drug issue? first of all, experts say it's important to inform possible users that drugs can have devastating effects on your physical and mental health. even so called light drugs like alcohol or am i want them. so please make sure you know about these before taking anything. experts also believe that it's important to fight stigma, offer free rehabilitation and medical treatment to those who seek it and treat drug users as people who need medical help and not as criminals. let us know what you

think. thanks for that info. let's show and yeah, bite. and this stigmatize zation of drug use as is a good way to tackle the problem. many african countries are looking into the drug policies, especially regarding the use and production of cannabis, and some asking, legalize it, or not. well, as you would expect by mixed opinions on the legalize asian of kind of is across the continent. request people on the streets of thought, africa can yeah. on my area to sadie, i felt with us so since and kind of it's is legalized in south africa when we're looking at the medical speak to all of it. yes, it does increase your health benefits. it's beneficial to you all. but now that it is legalized, legislation is much more lenient, so the would be inefficient to society as well. so when you give a life it's not going to be criminalized, so in the government use that opportunity, they can use it to say that so something is the tax. but i think when i should be

legalized for the 30 day, legally, i mean everyone is doing the different back over, you know, so it's better that we can, we can just, you know, start making something out of it. did the poor people be enough to be in the foot from the legal isolation of guns? we see because all that each companies, they have the money and they have the facilities. i think it needs to be put. we put that being korea because there is some mendocino away and there's some way it will destroy innovation. well, we definitely don't want the drafts to destroy the generation dewey. thanks guys for speaking out. so what do you think? so your thoughts, but as in our social media platforms, find it a fascinating debate. now since marijuana made headlines for its using kind of treatments medicine, all cannabis has been touted as the next big money maker. but in the soto,

not everybody's happy about the conditions. let's find out why money doesn't grow on trees, but this buds a 100 years for graham. this is mary fino can obvious. it contains high levels of can now be dual or cbd. a popular remedy against inflammation, pain, and nausea. in 2017 sort of became the 1st african country to legalize cannabis farming for messina youth. creating a whole new industry for the tiny self and african country point thing behind. they moved from the capitol, my favorite book, into her whole village here in the muscle to highland, to walk for the company, m g help. she never dreamed that she would one day grow can before living. first time i had, i won't be. and i couldn't believe that this thing can come here at our feelers, america, but it's happen even live and there's no need of us

to go outside and look for some dog. listen to have ideals growing conditions were connected. but m g health is still the only company that is for medical grade cannot be from the country because it is used in the pharmaceutical industry. the production requirements are extremely high. over the past 5 years, m g hill has invested over 34000000 euros in greenhouses irrigation systems and skew training. now the company has set it sites on expansion mean for over 280 people. these are young people, very smart people that were never able to find jobs. and today, you know, we, we exporting to poland, germany shortly in the u. k. but this isn't good news for everyone. we cannot be set to become a major cash crop for big business. small holder, gro was around the country, and now a bundling the plans once clear for the black market in south africa. picky,

so come only is the only cannabis farmer left in his village. police rates and price company to from sutherland have made it almost impossible to maintain his club. for him, things were much better before the installation kick me in my village. every household used to have a field of cannabis. my wedding. i was born in the message. it was all full here and that's how people made a living. but while i lived in it, people didn't even bother to grow. mays parents could send their children to school because of cannabis. can i can? i will add me. the keys will come only walks in his young me, but trouble for local together the dry and the see the but before smuggling them over the border. for low cost, he's no way to make his business legal licenses to grow can out this quote around $32000.00 euros way out of range for small holder grew was will frequently targeted

by the police. ah, greg, where you go won't get, i feel very disappointed. things didn't work out the way they said they would buy gifts and we thought would be able to grow cannabis legally. but i can buy a license in the it's frustrating. i think there should be some form of support like a corporation where someone katrina and help us secure a license of one another. then we all put together a family that could help us start our business from the ground. again, our face, thin sort of got lost in the after a long day trimming cannot be plant. my 100 is ready to wrap up a shift. 2 years ago she quit her job in a clothing factory material where she saw jeans for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. in the greenhouse, the walking conditions are much better and she and twice as much as she used to

cannot be has quite literally change her life. just like the patient who will eventually benefit from her product. well, i believe cannabis has a bright future and the subtle, when i started working in the greenhouse, they told me, we make drugs for sick people. people need medicine. so they need the cannabis stella to 4 generations cannot be, slamming was frowned upon, or even punished with jail time. little toll has liberated this one's clot space for big business. but small, hold a group like for local and kamali. i've left empty handed in. this evolving sector, it seems. they are still winners and losers. it definitely is an evolve in sector that needs the right policies. so no one loses out. i don't know about you would have had enough of drugs, right? let's move away from narcotics and instead get high on protecting our environment.

and it dubia entrepreneurs kit is to spy as company tuba aims to reduce the countries addiction to plastic shopping bags. she's not only challenging environmental pollution, but also creating jobs in odessa. barbara eco friendly in fair bags for men, women for work or for going out and produced locally in ethiopia. impossible will not for keeter's test failure kit is founded to but the appear in 20. 19, in this suburb of addis ababa, he discrete, at 31 jobs for women like us. all the women are weavers in work from home. heaters comes regularly to collect the fabric, the me so this, we use this for rigs for oh, different they design of bugs. so we combine it with me. she just had the idea to start a business 5 years ago. at that time she was

a student and she was living in this area which is known for this big dumpsite in 2017, a landslide on the site caused the death of at least 130 people. after this event, quito wanted to do something for the neighborhood. one of the reasons why that happened was existential philosophy, sponsoring the garbage dot 3, get the concept of to later about. we chose at that time if we produce environmentally friendly shopping box like state or bog strawberry box, we can replace plastic box. but she soon realised that the initial capital needed to produce paper or fabric for shopping bags was too high for her. so she looked for another way to create jobs here in old domains. we live around here and that, and also the incident happened, died in this area. so i wanted to create the jo, fortunately for humans who live around your teen. anya was one of the 1st employees of keaton barrister, very,

i'm trying to see if she due to the fall break as i want it or as i trained her. so it's ok. all of cada's work is motivated by one idea to create jobs for women. she trains them herself and weaving a skill she learned from her mother. she is to make different crafting things like coach, i think, nipping things like that. so i learned from her from her to nana, looks after 3 children. this work allows her to provide for a large part of the families needs. with the money she is giving me, i pay the rental my house from. i also have an extra job during she ruba has to help with the money from that i pay the rest food et cetera job and i with the fabric made by the women heated returns to her office in the city center of addis ababa. the bags are then made in this small room. i'm not

a designer professionally. so i just, when i see something and when anyone to do some kind of bug, i just picked out of my mind and then i tried to draw it on and thought out a paper, but then the paper. and then i think i cut out there. but she just is not a designer, but she can count on the help of a friend. one of the for experienced taylor's, she has hired a home as you catch up, you gotta we discuss with kid ist martini europe. mostly i work with leather and we mixed the leather with the fabric from the women worked with in america. there are no to the shops yet. so most of the cells take place at bazaars, small markets for craftsman and they're slowly restarting, after almost disappearing in the last month. because of course he'd and a concentration of care, there was no, was on the market,

was very dawn told it was not about food, but now things are getting better. keeter's cells $60.00 to $75.00 bags every month to cope with the crisis and to re use the leather scraps she started to sell smaller and cheaper objects, like wallets or bracelets. she also often works at night to sell her products in a concert hall for the future. she dreams of selling more and more bags to create more jobs for women. and in the longer term, she hopes to relaunch her idea of ecological shopping bags. yeah, we should all fight environmental pollution, especially with such creative solutions. now, come with me to towns than ia and left me to agnes if lucca marcia last actress. she wants to become a movie star as he's kicking hard to make this dream a reality. but she knows a healthy work life balance is just as important. yes,

a story. agnes kiefer luca is among the 1st actresses in east africa to perform in martial arts films. it is rare for women to participate in such movies. welcome bomb, nodded again. ball game will be the auction. when i saw that they are not many women. he intends a near who are in action film. when he comes on enough fussy ambo into one of us was act. becky walked on between each at the phone. when i took it, i said, i want to take on this opportunity so that i can easily find success because these, that great need for women who can act in action films young. you can let us young when augustine defendant, being using them. well, that's okay. got it on it, but many women act in dramas. so she does what you need to come in. i will be the only one with about when you get opportunity. been fine up in the fact that turns

in me, an action heroine trains every morning to strengthen her talent and her legs. this is the secret to her success. but despite being a boxing actress, agnes also enjoys a normal life. near a fan, it is very easy when i am at home, i am like a mother and a book when issues and when i am at work and i change organ. and that is why people differentiate between home and walk life or architect, no puny. my shame agnes, his dream is to make her country famous for its martial arts, talent. one day she hopes to become known in the global film industry. oh, you know, i that some mixed my salad spun aus much younger. but i would not want to mess with

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