Dear Editor,

I would like to use this opportunity as a platform to advise the youth to stop using drugs. Drugs are addictive and once you start using them, addiction is the next step.

Your life will thus be shattered as you will have long term illness and develop a very dangerous anti- social behaviour. You will be a public shame and a general waste.

Recently, I was taking a long walk from KBC in Kimihurura to Hotel Novotel. Along the way, I met a bunch of idle youths, hiding under a huge tree.

The first question that came to my mind was, are they taking drugs? If so, are they aware of the dangers?

Youth need to know the actual truth about using drugs. For a while the act may seem okay because many are struggling to fit into a certain peer group, however, with time, it becomes harder to deal with the terrible repercussions.

Concerned authorities should take initiative to teach youth about the fundamental life skills especially during holidays because in most cases, many take drugs as a result of being idle.

Kacyiru