A person injecting himself with drugs.[Photo/mpasho]

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NACADA has raised concerns over drug abuse among high school students.

According to the regulator, abuse of drugs in secondary schools and colleges has reached “explosive” levels.

Acting CEO Victor Okioma said Kenyans are sitting on a “time bomb” considering "the rate at which girls and boys are surrendering their lives to the fate in drug land".

“We did a research recently on the use of drugs in high schools and colleges of all levels. The results were damning as they showed use of drugs by our children is real,” he said in Kajiado on Thursday

Okioma has therefore appealed to the public to help the authority deal wit the menace.

He said NACADA will sponsor another survey from January 2018 on the impact of drugs in private and public primary schools across the country.

Okioma spoke at Kajiado KCB grounds during the commissioning of early childhood development education teachers.