Speaking on the sidelines of the LSK annual conference in Dianikwale county,Dr Kariuki has said kenya is ripe for policy changes to reduce harm caused by alcohol, cannabis, pesticide and tobacco which kill eight thousand people annually in Kenya.A recent study showed that potatoes have extremely high hazardous pesticide in them something that should worry the government and Kenyans who consume potatoes by causing health complications.Dr kariuki has louded the ministry of agriculture move to list all pesticides and and phase out more than seventy extremely highly hazardous pesticides which cause cancer.
On the harm reduction of cannabis,the society secretary general has said it time to adopt the medical hemp of cannabis which help in treating some conditions like the neurology disorders,skin conditions and convulsions.South Africa is leading in cannabis medical hemp followed by Zambia and Uganda which implemented policy framework to get rid of recreational hemp and Kenya should follow suit.
