Police in Kikoni suburb has issued a notice about use and abuse of drugs among the university students.

Francis Muhakanise, the assistant Officer in-Charge of Kikoni Police Post, says five students of Makerere University were recently caught taking drugs and others having them in their bags behind Caltec Academy sports ground in Kikoni. Some were found sniffing petrol from a small bottle. He said these suspects will tell the police the origin of these drugs and who supplies them.

“We are already informed about what takes place behind the Caltec Academy grounds and along the trench of Kikoni and Kasubi. We are going to carry out daily patrols not only in these places but the whole of Kikoni”, said James Musinguzi, a police constable at Kikoni police post.

Bob Lubega, a resident of Baskon Hostel and a student at Makerere University, says many university students abuse drugs. “The high rates of drug abuse among the university students is powered by a number of factors including stress, course load, peer pressure which is the highest ranked, and love and relationships problems among others.”

Wilson Mwizuka, an assistant pastor at University Christian Fellowship, during one of his morning sermons, said that the increased rates of drug abuse among the university students is due to increased number of students with different vices, peer groups, and failure to fear God.

According to Dr James Mwelima who owns a pharmacy opposite the western gate of Makerere University, the excessive consumption of different types of drugs including but not limited to Alcohol, Tobacco, Cocaine mixture, marijuana, khat-narcotic drug leaf, shisha, among others are harmful to human body and can cause death.

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