{
  "id": 850697,
  "title": "82,500 Ghanaians use hard drugs – NACOC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/82-500-ghanaians-use-hard-drugs-nacoc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T07:55:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/82500-ghanaians-use-hard-drugs-nacoc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An estimated 82,500 Ghanaians are actively using hard drugs, with the Ashanti Region accounting for nearly 20 per cent of the figure, the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba, has disclosed. He said the disturbing figure, contained in a new study by the University of Ghana School of Public Health, … The post 82,500 Ghanaians use hard drugs –…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}