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Covid-19 and the subsequent closure of schools left students idle and in need of ways to pass time and get through the boredom that being forced to stay at home brought with it. As a result, many teens turned to drugs and alcohol, becoming dependent on these substances so much so that the effects are still being seen now as school resumes.
“Addiction worsened between the months of March and November when students were home,” said Susan Gitau, a counsellor and director of Elewa Ulevi, told The Standard.
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