ILLICIT DRUG USE AND TRADE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF KUMASE (2000–2018) Cover Image

ILLICIT DRUG USE AND TRADE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF KUMASE (2000–2018)
ILLICIT DRUG USE AND TRADE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF KUMASE (2000–2018)

Author(s): Samuel Adu-Gyamfi, Ali Yakubu Nyaaba, Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, Daniel Owusu-Ansah, Michael Nimoh
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Illegal Drugs; Addiction; Crime; Drug Trade; Ghana;

Summary/Abstract: The illegal drug trade is a world phenomenon, which has had some adverse impact on societies. Significantly, the impact is damning in developing economies in Africa and Ghana in particular. This paper therefore seeks to address the causes and effects of the use and peddle of these illegal drugs in three communities in the capital city of the Asante Region of Ghana. It further ascertains the extent to which these drugs burden the security agencies in the communities and the country in general. We have used documentary and non-documentary sources to arrive at some postulations on this important social question which has wider ramifications on Kumase, Asante, Ghana and Africa in general.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-81
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English