Libyan Observatory Urges Declaring Drug Abuse a Pandemic

The Libyan Observatory for Community Studies has called on the Libyan government to declare the widespread drug problem in the country as a "pandemic" and to treat it as an existential threat. This appeal comes amid rising rates of trafficking, consumption, and addiction. The organization emphasized that the phenomenon has shifted from a social crisis to a threat to national security, exploited in "hybrid warfare" and "fourth-generation warfare" schemes. International gangs are taking advantage of current conditions to expand their operations within Libya. They urged for exceptional measures, including mandatory periodic drug testing, and for strengthening efforts by relevant authorities, leading up to a unified national strategy to confront this issue.

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