Abuse of painkillers fueling Nigeria’s growing substance abuse crisis — Michael Okonkwo, pharmacist, doctoral researcher

Michael Chinyem Okonkwo is a Nigerian-born, United States-based pharmacist and a doctoral researcher at the University of Houston, where he researches substance abuse disorders. He is an awardee of the National Merit Award by NAPPSA, the umbrella body of the Nigerian pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists in the Americas. In this interview by KINGSLEY ALUMONA, he […] The post Abuse of painkillers fueling Nigeria’s growing substance abuse crisis — Michael Okonkwo, pharmacist, doctoral researcher appeared first on Tribune Online.


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