NDLEA decries abuse of pentazocine injection by Borno youths The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno has decried the high abuse of pentazocine injection among youths in the state. The Commandant of the agency in Borno, Mr Joseph Icha, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Friday. NAN reports that pentazocine injection belongs to the group of medicines called narcotic analgesics (pain medicines). It acts on the Central Nervous System (CNS) to relieve moderate to severe pains and may be used before...