Why our youth must be helped to fully utilise their potential

Drug abuse is increasing in children and teens. [iStockphoto]

In the recent past, I have encountered several young people who have confessed to the use of drugs, especially marijuana, or weed as it is popularly known.

What has been surprising is the confidence and total ease with which they admit to their use of the substance. I must confess but I have wondered whether the recent campaigns by the Roots Party might have left a root in the minds of our young people - normalising what has hitherto been considered abnormal. This raises serious questions as to what we intend to do with our young people - a large and critical segment of our society.