HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu has noted with concern that majority of the clients accessing counselling services for alcohol and illicit drug dependence are aged between 12 and 35 years. And UN Resident Coordinator in Zambia Beatrice Mutali says globally, the number of people who suffer from drug use disorders has skyrocketed to 39.5 million, a 45 percent increase over the last 10 years. Speaking during the launch of the National Policy on Drug and Substance Control in Lusaka, Thursday, Mwiimbu observed that statistics from the Drug Enforcement Commission alone showed an increase in the number of persons seeking counselling services from 810 in 2021 to 1,212 clients in 2022. “It is evident that the problem of...