Ghana is in the grip of a silent epidemic as more young people, including teenagers as young as 13, fall victim to a devastating cycle of drug addiction, a crisis powerfully highlighted in JoyNews' latest Hotline Documentary, Deadly Doses, which moves beyond the statistics to reveal the human faces of the problem through stories like Veronica's, a young woman at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi who is battling an addiction to
cocaine, marijuana, and opioids introduced to her by her ex-boyfriend—a story health workers confirm is tragically common. The documentary exposes the terrifying scale of the issue, from the ghettos where narcotics are openly traded to the hospital wards where lives hang by a thread, underscoring the urgent need for action. credit by:www.myjoyonline.com
