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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. This is an excellent Bill that Ms. A. Abdallah has presented today. We have had a very serious problem of drug abuse in this country. We have too many institutions which are unconnected although they try to control drug abuse. For that reason, this legislation is going to go very far in ameliorating the situation and ensuring that there is a large measure of control. It is very worrying that drug abuse has been on the increase in our schools and many of our institutions of higher learning. It is also a very well known fact that drug abuse is not well defined among people’s minds. Drug abuse does not just involve the issue of narcotics and hard drugs but also about ordinary drugs like alcohol and cigarette smoking. Tobacco has its own risks which is a big issue for our Government hospitals to handle. We need to reduce this by trying to educate our people on how these narcotics should be used, if at all."
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