Number of chang'aa, hard drug users going up

Drug abuse is taking a new shape in Kenya with people going for low cost substances. Though there is a decline of people aged between 15 to 65 years who used drugs in the last five years from 48.3 per cent in 2007 to 37.1 per cent last year, those going for chang'aa and hard drugs is increasing. Hard drugs like heroin and cocaine, though expensive, are considered to have an instant knockout effect and lasts longer. They can last in the body system an average of 48 hours (two days) on a “lighter” use and five to seven days on normal circumstances...