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‘Gutter water’, ‘monkey tail’ and smoked faeces: new dangers on Nigeria’s drug scene

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New, unconventional drugs are becoming popular in Nigeria, designed by dealers and users to replicate the effects of illegal substances like cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy. They affect how the brain works and cause changes in mood, feelings and behaviour. Policymakers have labelled them as “new psychoactive substances” because they’re not recognised under international conventions.

Traditional drugs – like cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy – are controlled under these conventions, making them easier to detect, categorise and regulate internationally.

In western countries, people use synthetic opioids, like tramadol and fentanyl, and synthetic cannabinoids.of empirical studies conducted in different parts of Nigeria mapped the types, availability, and motivations for taking these new psychoactive substances. There’s a cocktail called “gutter water”, which is made from a mix of tramadol, cannabis, codeine and vodka. Other popular cocktails include “monkey tail” – a combination of homemade spirit, cannabis and psychoactive plant roots, seeds and stems – or a mixture of sodium hypochlorite solution and carbonated soft drinks.

 

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