Nigeria: Even doctors, clergy and law enforcement officers have all been treated for substance use disorders —Prof Lasebikan

Professor Victor Lasebikan, a consultant psychiatrist and addiction specialist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, explains in this interview with Sade Oguntola that addiction is not a moral failure or a sign of weak character but a complex brain disorder that Nigeria will require better public education, stronger policies, improved access to treatment and rehabilitation services, and greater collaboration among stakeholders to immediately address.

From a psychiatric…