Liberia, March 25 -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Office in Liberia has officially handed over a drug treatment and rehabilitation center valued at US$80,000 to the Government of Liberia(GoL).

The newly renovated facility, located in Klay Town, Bomi County, was dedicated on Tuesday.

It is expected to serve at-risk youth from Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, Gbarpolu and rural Montserrado Counties. Although Liberia lacks comprehensive statistics on the number of at-risk youth, such individuals are present across all counties.

On January 30, 2024, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai declared drug and substance abuse a "public health emergency", citing the alarming rise in addiction and describing it as a serious threat to Lib...