Dear brothers, the issue of drug use in Arua picked my interest and I conducted my undergraduate Research on KAP on substance abuse among adolescents in Arua Municipality. A copy of my dissertation is with the the Education Officer Madam Flavia Droti, it was also recognised for presentation at Scientific conference in Munyonyo in 2006. Indeed we have to have an affirmative action on drug use in Arua. The results of the survey showed that some of our children started using these drugs at age of 8 years. I will be willing to give more information on the state of substance use in Arua Municipality and a similar survey should be conducted in other parts of the district. Regards
Cliff Asher Aliga --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Majid Alemi Junior <[email protected]> wrote: From: Majid Alemi Junior <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: Drug Abuse and Youth Unemployment To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 12:23 AM Arua protests against power black outs. click here for more detail info. http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/697354 over to dream teams. majid alemi junior. & family. in bc. From: Arike J Pundro <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 11:40:32 AM Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] Re: Drug Abuse and Youth Unemployment Dear Brothers/Sisters. Marungi (Khat) is a highly addictive drug categorized as a stimulant that creates feelings of euphoria. Khat originates from the catha edulis shrub, which grows abundantly in parts of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Cathine, a Schedule IV drug, and Cathinone, a Schedule I drug, are khat’s two active ingredients. (Marungi) Khat also affects the brain and spinal cord in similar way as amphetamines, which are simulated through synapses. FatiFatigue is alleviated, appetite is reduced, attention span is decreased, and levels of alertness and motor activity are increased. Users can quickly develop a psychological dependency to the drug, which increases their confidence, friendliness, and contentment. Hallucinations, grandiose delusions, and paranoia have also been noted as side effects of using khat. The cathinone found in the drug effects the central nervous system, causing an excess amount of dopamine to be produced. High accumulation of dopamine in the brain can cause hallucinations, schizophrenia, and high blood pressure. Short term effects are Irritability and insomnia, mild euphoria and excittement, physical exhaustion, breathing difficulties,Constipation , Tachycardia or eleveated heart rate , hallucinations, manic behaviorand hyperactivity etc. Long term effects are Anorexia, Gastric disorders, depressionhigh risk of heart disease and cancer of the mouth including liver damage and cardic camplication. It also has addiction, Tolerance and withdrawal and has more psychological dependence to the drug even though it has no spefic physical addiction. For details on Marungi I will be willing to give. Arike Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 04:43:47 -0700 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: Drug Abuse and Youth Unemployment #yiv758003813 .ExternalClass DIV {} Brothers and Sisters, Praise God! The discussion on Drug Abuse and Youth unemployment was rejuvenated at an apt time. It has come up at a time we are almost at the verge of losing a generation to drugs, and at a time Defense and Internal Affairs Committee of Parliament of Uganda is considering the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substance Control Bill 2007. We therefore have an opportunity to submit our views to Clerk to Parliament for consideration before stakeholders meet on 21st & 22nd of this month ([email protected]) Correct me, it seems where the Bill stands today, Marungi is not listed as a drug. I also reported earlier, that while on a presidential tour in West Nile, President Museveni told the people for Kijomoro (nucleus) of marungi that, marungi is a mild drug--implying its production is not condemned under the laws of Uganda. Many believe him because the president is sometimes law itself. With marungi also forming the basis of livelihood for many families i don't how the kind of ordinance Jackson proposed will workout in terms of draft and its implementation. So many people are engaged and employed in the value chain of marungi. Unless there is a reliable alternative source of income, Marungi production may continue to flourish farther than we think. Just week ago, i attended a function where Moses Obeta, son of late Sila Drakua who introduced marungi to Maracha through his brothers for livelihood was Guest of Honour. He told us that before his father died, he regretted why he gave marungi to his brothers in Maracha. In his words he said, "I thought i had brought marungi to empower my people but it has turned to be a curse". Such a confession points to the two sides of marungi. Although he is yet to cut the marungi plants he maintains, he says he only uses the money to pay fees and to buy iron sheets. In another meeting with some stakeholders in the education sector to discuss poor performance in the recent MOCK and strategies to enhance performance, marungi and other social events such as doscos featured prominently as some of the distracting forces that contribute to poor performance. It was reported that students now prefer cutting marungi to attending classes. Aware of the mixed feelings a ban on production of marungi will create, the pros and cons of the activity really have to be explored before any action. Attempts to ban marungi should above all gurantee post marungi livelihood for affected people. This fortunately or unfortunately, this requires involvement of a government which has never perceived marungi question as a problem and may not be in better position to address it. Perhaps we need to commission a research into how to phase out marungi in West Nile. Producing a documentary on dangers of marungi and incorporating them into our syllabus could help in change of attitude among the youth. Jackson, as usual i hope you'll be kind enough to ducument the various views on this issue for submission to Clerk to Parliament for consideration by the concerned committee. Denis Lee Oguzu From: JohnAJackson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 6:18:42 PM Subject: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 14, Issue 24 Youth unemployment and Drug Abuse I think the problem of youth unemplpyment and drug abuse needs policy direction from all those participating on West Nile Net forum and Local authorities managing the districts. a) It would be very important to have Youth Leaders who represents youth issues at the Local district administration council meetings. Some resources should be allocadted in the district administration budget to address youth related problems/issues. b) Before we blame the youth, we need to look at the root causes of the problems affecting the youth in the West Nile region. One of the biggest challeneges in this entire region is HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT RATIOS. If a lot of these young men and women fail in elementary and secondary schools, where else do they go? what can occupy them in productive life? There is a popular saying that "an idle mind is a source of evil" c) The High Unemployment rate in this region is one of the culprits engulfing the youth. When there is nothing to be done in the villages apart from digging, what do we expect the youth to do? Obviously many of them will migrate to the urban areas in search of work. Most people who abuse alcohol and drugs do so to escape from depression. I think this a fundamental problem already taking place in the towns. If this problem is not addressed, soon or later we will begin to see crime rates go up in the urban areas. d) Promoting Counseling and Skill Training It would be extremely very important to find ways of training out of school youth. Some of these young men and women lack role models in their lives to guide them. Failing in exams does not mean faling in life. Unfortunately our shool system eliminates children regardless of other talents they may have in other areas. e) Alternatives to Better Life Stopping the production of Marungi needs educating the farmers about the bad side effects. Many of these farmers may not even understand effects of narcotics. There are better alternatives to growing marungi and bangi. All of us who communicate on this forum should find ways of working with local district administration authorities to come up: (i) Drafting Ordinance to ban growing Marungi and bangi (ii) Educating farmers about bad side effects of narcotics (iii) Educate farmers to grow crops like Barley for Uganda breweries which has ready market, cotton, fruits, etc Avudria On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Text books donated to Mvara Secondary School (Alemi Kenyi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 05:23:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Alemi Kenyi <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Text books donated to Mvara Secondary School To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dr. Anguzu, Your suggestion is a good one. Saturday 3pm in the School would be a good idea. DMO, Sam, Ejiku et al, what is your take? This would also provide some of us who used to roam around nyaluva hills to get inside mvara after all this long. As an OB by extension, i would be happy to be in the delegation since long Uhuru weekend accords some of us the opportunity to travel to Arua. Alemi --- On Tue, 6/10/09, anguzu yumaa <[email protected]> wrote: From: anguzu yumaa <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] Text books donated to Mvara Secondary School To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 6 October, 2009, 9:44 PM This really is to commend the efforts of the Mvara OBs and OGs who donated text books for Mvara Secondary School. I have alteady brought the books to Arua from Kampala. I think it would be good to give the books to the school during a ceremony that should be covered by the media. I think such an effort should not pass without due recognition. It will stimulate others to also play their role to improve the academic performance in the school. What do you think guys? And lets suggest a day for this. I would think the earlier the better. They might be useful for those currently preparing for exams. Dr. Anguzu Yumaa Patrick P.O.Box 701 Arua, Uganda, East Africa. 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