There should be more open discussion about the impact of drugs – starting from home.

The Volatabu Group – and NGO that advocates and creates awareness on drugs in Fiji says increasing number of drug cases around the country is alarming.

Group Chief Executive Kalesi Volatabu believes we need to talk openly in order Fiji to create more awareness and steer youth in the right direction.

“This is not a subject that we can say it’s a taboo subject. You know it ain’t because it’s in our faces right now. We turn on the news, we see some kind of violence happen. We see something literally about drugs that’s happening and we can’t a person that lives in a bubble. We can’t be naive because drugs doesn’t discriminate. It crosses all boarder. Drugs doesn’t even care what gender you are, what religion you are, or what village you’re from, whether you’re rich or you’re poor – it affects us all the same.”

Volatabu is urging churches, NGO’s and other relevant bodies to step up and help the Fiji Police Force in combating drug in Fiji.