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Layoff notices sent Friday to some 740 workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been rescinded ...

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Substance abuse is a broad term that includes the misuse of alcohol, drugs, and other substances. It is often the precursor to addiction, where the use becomes compulsive and uncontrollable.

The main causes of youth deaths were shown to be injury, violence, suicide, road traffic accidents and substance abuse.

Health experts have raised concern over growing suicide crisis, revealing that an estimated 16,000 Nigerians die by suicide every year, with young people among the most affected.

Many drivers are injured or killed while under the influence of cannabis or THC, and the problem is rapidly escalating.