Court don hammer Canadian woman 11-year prison for bringing hard drugs to Naija

One 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, don get 11 years imprisonment from di Federal High Court wey dey Lagos State for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, strong type of synditic cannabis wey weigh 35.20 kilograms come Naija October 24, 2024.

According to report, di spokesman of di anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi, talk am for statement on Wednesday, October 23.

Munju conviction follow her arraignment for two counts charge before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of Federal High Court, Lagos by NDLEA.

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu also give Munju option to take pay N100 million fine instead of prison sentence.

Di charges come from her illegal importation of di cannabis, wey dem discover on October 3, 2024, during di inward clearance of passengers for KLM flight for Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Di NDLEA prosecutor, Mr. Abu Ibrahim, come tell di court say Munju don violate Section 20(1)(a) of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, wey dey punish unda Section 20(2)(a) of di same Act.

Ibrahim come show evidence and exhibits for di court, wey dey urge Justice Dipeolu to convict Munju based on her guilty plea and di materials wey dem submit.

As di judge find Munju guilty as charged, she hand down di sentence.

During di proceedings, Munju defense lawyer, Benson Ndakara, alongside Dennis Warri and Kate Igbo, dey plead for leniency, dem dey urge di court to show mercy for di convict.

“We dey plead for leniency on behalf of di convict, my Lord.”

“Di convict don plead guilty for di earliest opportunity as she no wast di precious time of di court and don dey very remorseful,” e talk.

Ndakara add say di convict don vow say she no go follow di path of criminality again and go dey more careful for di future if dem give her second chance.

Cannabis

Cannabis na general term wey dem dey use to talk about di plenty psychoactive preparations of di plant Cannabis sativa.

Di Mexican term marijuana  dem dey often use am to refer to cannabis leaves or other crude plant material for plenty countries.

Di unpollinated female plants dem dey call hashish.

Cannabis oil (hashish oil) na concentrate of cannabinoids wey dem dey get by solvent extraction of di crude plant material or di resin.

Cannabis na di most widely cultivated, trafficked and abused illicit drug.

Half of all di drug seizures worldwide na cannabis seizures.

Di geographical spread of dose seizures dey global, e dey cover almost every country for di world.

About 147 million pipo, 2.5% of di world population, dey consume cannabis (annual prevalence) compared to 0.2% wey dey consume cocaine and 0.2% wey dey consume opiates.

For dis decade wey dey happen now, cannabis abuse don grow faster d

an cocaine and opiate abuse.

Di fastest growth for cannabis abuse since di 1960s don dey happen for developed countries for North America, Western Europe and Australia.

Cannabis don become more linked to youth culture and di age wey pipo dey start to use am dey usually lower dan for other drugs.

An analysis of cannabis markets show say low prices dey coincide wit high levels of abuse, and vice versa.

Cannabis dey appear to be price-inelastic for di short term, but e dey fairly elastic for di long term.

Even though di number of cannabis consumers dey greater dan opiate and cocaine consumers, di lower prices of cannabis mean say, for economic terms, di cannabis market dey much smaller dan di opiate or cocaine market.

Acute health effects of cannabis use 

Di acute effects of cannabis use don dey recognized for many years, and recent studies don confirm and extend di earlier findings.

Dem fit summarize am like dis:

Cannabis dey impair cognitive development (capabilities of learning), including associative processes; free recall of previously learned items dey often impaired wen cannabis dey used both during learning and recall periods;

Cannabis dey impair psychomotor performance for plenty tasks, like motor coordination, divided attention, and operative tasks of many types; human performance for complex machinery fit dey impaired for as long as 24 hours afta smoking as little as 20 mg of THC for cannabis; dere dey increased risk of motor vehicle accidents among pipo wey dey drive wen dem dey intoxicated by cannabis.

Chronic health effects of cannabis use 

Selective impairment of cognitive functioning wey include di organization and integration of complex information wey involve various mechanisms of attention and memory processes;

Prolonged use fit lead to greater impairment, wey fit no recover even wen dem stop to use am, and wey fit affect daily life functions;

Development of a cannabis dependence syndrome wey dey characterized by loss of control over cannabis use dey likely for chronic users;

Cannabis use fit exacerbate schizophrenia for affected individuals;

Epithelial injury of di trachea and major bronchi dey caused by long-term cannabis smoking;

Airway injury, lung inflammation, and impaired pulmonary defence against infection from persistent cannabis consumption ova prolonged periods;

Heavy cannabis consumption dey associated wit higher prevalence of symptoms of chronic bronchitis and higher incidence of acute bronchitis dan for di non-smoking cohort;

Cannabis wey dem use during pregnancy dey associated wit impairment in fetal development wey dey lead to reduction in birth weight;

Cannabis use during pregnancy fit lead to postnatal risk of rare forms of cancer although more research dey needed for dis area.

Di health consequences of cannabis use for di developing countries dey largely unknown because of limited and non-systematic research, but dere no reason a priori to expect say biological effects on individuals for dis populations go dey substantially different from wetin don dey observed for developed countries.

However, other consequences fit dey different given di cultural and social differences between countries.

Therapeutic uses of cannabinoids 

Several studies don demonstrate di therapeutic effects of cannabinoids for nausea and vomiting for di advanced stages of illnesses like cancer and AIDS.

Dronabinol (tetrahydrocannabinol) don dey available by prescription for more dan a decade for di USA.

Other therapeutic uses of cannabinoids dey demonstrate by controlled studies, including treatment of asthma and glaucoma, as antidepressant, appetite stimulant, anticonvulsant and anti-spasmodic, research for dis area suppose continue.

For example, more basic research on di central and peripheral mechanisms of di effects of cannabinoids on gastrointestinal function fit improve di ability to alleviate nausea and emesis.

More research dey needed on di basic neuropharmacology of THC and other cannabinoids so that beta therapeutic agents fit dey found.

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