{
  "id": 15912060,
  "title": "UNODC: Africa Must Close Gap Between Evidence Generated on Substance Use, Policy Decisions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/unodc-africa-must-close-gap-between-evidence-generated-on-substance",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:09:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/21/unodc-africa-must-close-gap-between-evidence-generated-on-substance-use-policy-decisions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said that Africa must close the gap between evidence generated on substance use and the decisions",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}