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‘State not doing enough to deal with drug addicts’
– Pres. Jagdeo
Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that although the government is doing its best to combat the drug trade in Guyana, enough is not being done at the state level to effectively deal with the drug addicts.
During a press conference held at the Office of the President on Friday, President Jagdeo said that for the past two to three years, he has been giving grants to the Salvation Army so that the institution can improve on their rehabilitation programmes.
President Bharrat Jagdeo
“I hope we can increase and work with other NGO’s to ensure that people have a second chance in life, because anyone can make a mistake and start using drugs. We are not doing enough to deal with that,” the Head of State said.
He explained that a recent report from the United Kingdom revealed that the UK has the highest drug use in the world, as over a million people are said to be using drugs.
As it relates to Guyana’s fight with the drug trade, President Jagdeo noted that there are few countries in the hemisphere that usually polygraph their narcotics unit twice in six months and get rid of the people that fail.
“No other country in this hemisphere I can think of has done this and in the last polygraph exercise, we extended it from CANU to the Police Narcotics Unit and to the airport. Clearly it shows a strong commitment on the part of the government to ensure that the people who work in these agencies are clean. That’s the best I can do and provide them with the resources.”
He added that if Guyana had access to more resources, then we may have been able to better patrol the waters, and also be able to have radar coverage over the entire country, along with flying police to all the borders.
However, according to the President, all of these things cannot be done at this time, but the administration is utilising the resources available to the best of its capabilities.
(Fareeza Haniff)
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