Drug addicts are now abusing hospital drugs following the crackdown launched last year on narcotics use and trafficking, the government said yesterday.
The Prime Minister of Tanzania Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa told reporters that the government is looking into ways of working with other relevant entities and addresses the problem of drug addicts who had resorted to abusing hospital medications, the drugs include Valium, pethidine, morphine powder, ketamine and tramadol are mostly used.
A government report detailing narcotics abuse and tracking in Tanzania from December 2017 to January 2018 shows that the number of drug addicts seeking treatment has increased.