1. In October
2017, Nigeria’s senate claimed around three million bottles of codeine syrups were
consumed daily in two northern states alone.
2. In April
2018, the anti-drug agency NLEA seized a truckload of 24,000
bottles of codeine cough syrups in a single Operation.
3. Codeine is
a pain killer but also an addictive opioid. Taken in excess,
