Peer influence is important in behaviour change especially after drug abuse.
January 13, 2009: The National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse — Nacada — is set to adopt the therapeutic community (TC) model for the treatment of drug abuse and addiction cases, in the process upping its campaign against a problem that is fast assuming a crisis proportion in the country.
This, according to Nacada’s board chairman Dr Frank Njenga, is one of the government’s multifaceted responses to the increasing demand for drug dependence treatment resulting from the high prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse in the country.
“This country has reached a stage where the government must come out strongly and publicly acknowledge that drug abuse is a national disaster — a real war zone in which we need to deploy massive resources if we are to secure our collective future,” said Dr Njenga.
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