 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Choir of State Command has attributed the fast-rising rate and the abuse of illicit psychotropic and courteous substances in the state to poor funding of the agency. The acting commander of the command, Odewale Adibi, gave the revelation during a press briefing in Elori, the Choir of State Capitol ahead of the 2023 United Nations Drug Free Day. It must be pointed out that the most critical of these challenges is inadequate funding, which has made it difficult for the for the agency to engage in aggressive drug prohibition and effective drug demand reduction activities. This is largely responsible for the rising rate of the abuse of illicit psychotropic stroke narcotic substances and very recently the involvement of students of higher institutions in drug abuse resulting to the increase in the number of youth needing treatment stroke rehabilitation in the state. Apart from the usual challenges of funds and logistics, one critical area affecting the agency is the slow criminal justice system of the country. The reluctance of some judicial officers to visit the full route of the law and ensure the application of dissociive sanctions remain a critical challenge to our counter narcotics. Between January and December 2022, 359 males and 61 females were arrested for drug abuse offenses, while 6,526.789 kilograms of seizures were made with 44 convictions, while the figure of the convictions has moved to 57 in the first six months of 2023. The command and the State Committee on Drug Control vowed to continue to do all within their powers to bring drug abuse to a standstill in the state. Between January to December 2022, male suspects were arrested were 359, female suspects 61, Jesus 6,526.789 kg, conviction 44. Similarly, between January and June 2023, what you compare with the whole year last year, the conviction, the total conviction was 47, 44. But this year, this is from January to June, sorry, we are 57. Our major challenge is inadequate fund to implement the committee's activities. The committee is strengthening its efforts on resource mobilization for activity implementation. The notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.