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    "id": 1055210,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1055210/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill that I support. Abuse of narcotics and psychotropic substances is a big problem in the country. It is affecting people, particularly the youth and disrupting their lives, education and young families. Apart from the mental illnesses that occur, they also get physical diseases like Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, which are rampant among people who are using drugs. The biggest issue is the mental illnesses and personality problems that arise from these drugs. After long use, some of these drugs predispose users to some of the non-communicable diseases like heart diseases. This is made worse by the availability of a wide range of substances and some are even thought not to be very dangerous such as alcohol, marijuana and Kuber as a Member mentioned here. There are sedatives such as valium and stronger analgesics such as morphine codeine that are prescribed for palliative reasons for people with cancer and long term painful conditions. There are hardcore drugs such heroine and cocaine. There are also precursors that would at times be used in normal medical circumstances, but can be used to produce these drugs. The environment is…"
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