MONROVIA — The All Liberia Coalition Birthday party (ALCOP) has thrown its weight in the motivate of the ongoing nationwide whisper against the rising drug disaster in Liberia, urging the manager to formally expose the narrate a National Emergency.
In a assertion issued Wednesday, ALCOP described the drug pandemic as an instantaneous risk to Liberia’s peace, stability, and future, and called for decisive, country-wide motion to confront the worsening narrate.
“The drug crisis is not just a health issue–it is a national security threat,” talked about Hon. Lusine Kamara, ALCOP’s Political Leader. “We cannot afford to treat this lightly. The government must declare a national emergency now.”
Disaster Demands Urgent Motion
Kamara argued that classifying the drug scourge as a national emergency would give the manager the factual and logistical authority to deploy disclose security forces more successfully, coordinate rehabilitation efforts, and like a flash-observe legislative and coverage responses.
“No one or family is safe from this drug pandemic if your neighbors or community is infested with drug users,” Kamara warned. “Let’s fight this from the bottom to the top.”
He emphasized that tackling the drug epidemic is no longer handiest a national imperative nonetheless moreover central to ALCOP’s political agenda. He called for a unified national effort that involves the manager, civil society, spiritual groups, and native communities.
Stronger Enforcement, Extra Rehabilitation
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The ALCOP chief moreover urged the manager to adopt a zero-tolerance coverage against drug traffickers, importers, peddlers, and users, announcing Liberia can’t afford to permit felony networks to operate with impunity.
As successfully as to law enforcement, Kamara advised a critical investment in rehabilitation infrastructure, including the establishment of recent drug restoration companies and the strengthening of present companies.
“These centers are essential to reintegrate users into society while breaking the cycle of addiction,” Kamara talked about. “Rehabilitation is not a luxury–it’s a lifeline for thousands of Liberian youth who deserve a second chance.”
A Birthday party Direct With National Implications
ALCOP’s assertion comes amid increased public outcry over the unchecked unfold of illicit treatment, including the deadly synthetic substance Kush, which has devastated communities and overwhelmed households nationwide.
Thousands of Liberians, including student groups, spiritual institutions, and health consultants, possess taken to the streets in recent days, calling on the manager to answer more aggressively to what they describe as a national drug pandemic.
ALCOP now joins the rising listing of political and civil society actors anxious motion and offering solutions on how to reverse the construction.
“The time for speeches is over,” Kamara concluded. “This is a national fight–and it must be treated as such.”
