List Of Drugs Abused In Kenya
The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive amounts. Drug abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional, and job-related problems.
In this article Keweb.co tries to answer the question by publishing the full list of Drugs Abused in Kenya
Below are the full List of Drugs Abused In Kenya
The drugs mainly abused in Kenya are either illicit (illegal) such as heroin, cocaine, local brew (chang’aa), bhang, kuber, and mandrax, or licit (legal) such as alcohol (beer, wines & spirits), tobacco, and khat (miraa).
What are the most abused drugs in Kenya?
- Xylazine.
- Kratom.
- Cannabis (Marijuana)
- Hallucinogens.
- Tobacco/Nicotine and Vaping.
- Methamphetamine.
- Cocaine.
- Heroin.
What are the commonly used drugs in Kenya?
The drugs reported to have been used include cigarettes, tobacco, kuber, shisha, packaged alcohol, chang’aa, hashish, bhang, cocaine, heroin, khat, inhalants, prescription drugs (sedatives or sleeping pills, morphine, codeine, pethidine), and synthetic drugs (amphetamine, hallucinogens, mandrax).
How many people are addicted to drugs in Kenya?
Compared to Kenya, where it is reported to be at 42.8% in Kenyan college students; at 32.2% prevalence of lifetime smoking in Nairobi, the capital City of Kenya [8]. In Kenya, lifetime prevalence rate of any substance use was found to be 69.8% among college students
What are the drug laws in Kenya?
Penalty for trafficking in narcotic drugs, etc. where a person is in possession of 50 mg or less, to a fine of not less than ten million shillings, or to imprisonment to a term of not less than ten years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.