In Nigeria, thousands of young people are addicted to codeine cough syrup. It is estimated that nearly 3 million bottles of codeine cough syrup is consumed daily. The syrup, due to the codeine, provides a high to its users, and has become a street drug. In the video the reporters went undercover to expose a man who works for a pharmaceutical company that illegally sells the cough syrups to drug dealers. This epidemic is affecting an entire generation of young people, and the elders and religious leaders of local communities are fighting it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-43944309/nigeria-s-deadly-codeine-cough-syrup-epidemic
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