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For him, prescription drugs were an easy fix to his stress and were perfect for alleviating acute pain after an motorbike accident five years ago. In his own words, opioids were especially useful in treating his chronic pain, a more difficult condition to pin down and cure. Thats how a nine years old boy, the youngest drug user I have ever come across narrated to your blogger how his addiction began.I met the child while walking on the street the other day when he stopped and asked me for a $1 note, initially he said it was for food but after engaging him, admitted its for his high.For me, it was extremely sad to see such a child being susceptible to drugs, but as we talked few more emerged to join the chinwag most who said started taking drugs because of their natural curiosity .Their stories ranged from the pressure put on children by their parents and teachers as one of the main reasons that the children turned to drugs. One of them said, when he was in kindergarten he was being fo...

Social media’s mental health impact in Africa research has revealed a worrying trend where parents fear about the dangers of young ones spending a lot of time on social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram among others .Research authors says social media can damage young people’s mental health and wellbeing and those with low self-esteem are particularly at risk.The worry is that children don’t have the skills to manage things if something bad is said, or they might be the ones saying something bad,” author says. “There is a lot of pressure on parents, with kids saying all their friends have it, but as far as I am concerned, the risks outweigh the benefits.” One of the researcher your blogger spoke to says parents in Africa should be on the lookout for increased risk taking behaviors, cyber bullying, depression, exclusion of minority groups and reduced self-image and self-esteem. Teenage girls with body image issues are particularly at risk, researcher says. One study of 20...

Former Australia prime minister Tony Abbott early this week in a speech at Global Warming Policy Foundation titled "Daring to Doubt" discredited climate change and rubbished those of us who believe climate change is not a hoax, Abbot termed the so called green ideology as a symptom of the decline of western civilization and described climate change as a sinister new religion replacing Christianity in many western societies. When he became premier, I supported him on this blog because some of his policies were absolutely life changing and long overdue but I disagree with him on climate change, its not a religion, first of all I’m not religious and I’ve never been and although not everything experts say on climate change is correct, facts are there even for buffoons to see .Climate change is rightly an issue that affects all countries including Australia. Now that Australia has taken several important steps to prevent the dangers of fires, it is vital that likes of Abb...

Financial industry in Africa is embracing facial recognition technology, clearly banks using it have proved biometric data used in fingerprint and facial recognition systems is indelible. It is being used in authoritative identity registers, featured on identity documents such as passports and driver licenses for those doing banking transactions. With increasing attention being paid to the utilization of technology in the financial sector, financial players are advancing their business with new technology such as facial recognition, not only to gain more customers, but more importantly to offer more possibilities . Facial recognition, which has long been used in social media networks, has already become a technology mature enough to be utilized in the financial sector across Africa. It is a wave which all kinds of banks and financial service providers are trying to catch up with at present, as the technology does enhance their ability to reach more customers.Integrated with more techno...

Subscription video on demand services delivered over the Internet continue to cater for Africans’ appetite for entertainment with subscriptions reaching more than 13.4 million at the end of July 2017, a year on year increase of more than 47 per cent, according to a new study whose copy your blogger has obtained .The study found around a quarter of South African and Nigerian households currently subscribe to either Pay TV or Subscription video on demand services, an increase from 10 percent in 2016. Only 9 percent of households currently have both Pay TV and Subscription video on demand.Study predicts the phenomenon of paid Subscription video on demand subscriptions will continue as consumers increasingly consume content on-demand, and across multiple devices. Popularity of exclusive and original content, as well as live streaming, is expected to continue to the drive the market.  Study authors believes consumers will consider multiple providers, leaving room for services from SHOWM...

Reasons why love relationships fail varies depends on an individual experience but there are some standard causes of such failures that stand out . Childhood friend who now lives and work in Gold Coast, used to tell me that love relationships don’t have to be sexual to last long. In her young adulthood life experiences, she preferred love relationship that didn’t involve fling. Recently, as we were having a chinwag, she told your blogger that her life has been ten times better than her friend who was recently kicked out by a male companion of more than half a decade. We took note that the failure of a relationship can be attributed to one or a combination of different factors .When her friend found out that her relationship was facing plenty of problems, she did the best to try and work it out so it doesn’t ruin the hard work she’d put into her relationship for well over five years. But that wasn’t to be and eventually it fell apart. According to Gold Coast friend, relying on your par...

A friend recently shared his experiences of nudity after what he called the best trip of his life in Iceland’s popular Blue Lagoon. It was the first place he’s ever visited where one need to take a shower before going into the pool and requires individuals to shower naked . There’s however an option that after being rinsed and conditioned, a person can put bathing suit back on and head on in. He chose to remain nude displaying his wedding tackle without blinking….he he he… The initial reaction when he walked into a room and fond naked strangers staring at him, he felt like turning the other way but was bold enough to withstand the stare of his assets. He ignored the puzzled looks and quickly shuffled in the other direction. But then he ran into a woman in gym shorts and a polo shirt, who just smiled at him. "Are you here for the experience?” The experience? What experience? "Um, I can’t tell,” he told the woman."You should enjoy the opportunity, it's very good. You ...