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Vigilante justice in Ghana's drug war | People & Power Shorts

Ghana's opioid crisis has hit the northern city of Tamale hard. With local authorities seen as too slow to act, a group of frustrated civilians has taken matters into their own hands.

This self-classd "anti-drug task force" now patrols the streets, confronting dealers and users and dispensing its own brand of justice.

The question now: can civilians really replace state services, or does this set a troubling precedent?

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