the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) advocated capital punishment for hard drug traffickers and peddlers

the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) advocated capital punishment for hard drug traffickers and peddlers in the country. PSN specifically wants drastic measures to be taken against the cultivators of cannabis sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp and their barons saying they were murderers and silent killers. Speaking at an awareness rally Oyo State chairman of the PSN, Mr. Kunle Amusan, said that "the cultivators of illicit drugs as well as the barons are not only unpatriotic elements, but they are murderers for perpetrating this heinous crime," he said. According to him, this measure, if taken, would send a message to the society that government was serious in its war against production, trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs in the country.