Quitting weed smoking is like I have stopped breathing – K’si prison inmate

For Peter Oduro, a 28-year-old man, people in his hometown hurl insults at him without any course, and the sun is positioned only on his head.

The young man admitted he abuses drugs, especially weed when he spoke to crimecheckghana.org at the Kumasi Central Prison in the Ashanti Region.

Crime Check Foundation (CCF) visited Peter at the prison during its Time With the Prisoner Series

According to Peter, if he does not smoke weed for a day, that could be his death warrant and therefore he cannot quit.

“When I walk around, I hear everybody in the town insulting me and it is like the sun is always on my head wherever I go,” he said.

As a recidivist, Peter has been in prison twice, and according to him, drugs pushed him to commit crimes.

In all his incarcerations, he was sentenced for stealing.

“I can stop drinking but I cannot stop smoking. If I do not smoke for a day, it is like I am losing my breath,” Peter confessed.

Peter said he regrets living waywardly because he always feels haunted and, therefore, he needs help to come out of it.

The Executive Director of Crime Check Foundation, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng offered the inmate help when he paid his fine for his release.

Mr. Kwarteng encouraged him to psychologically and deliberately stop smoking and cling to God.

In some cases, cannabis can lead to acute psychosis and dissociative states such as depersonalization and de-realization.

Time With the Prisoner Series

CCF brings to the fore stories of prison inmates to caution the general public against crime.

Rudolph Nandi