Youth mix opium with weed in new drug abuse trend

A Psychiatrist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Dr. John-Paul Omuojine, has raised alarm about an emerging trend in drug abuse whereby the youth lace marijuana with opium, known locally as ‘tie’, for use. Opium is a reddish-brown, heavily scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium plant and used […]