Monrovia, Sept. 2 -- As President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. takes a move dismissing the entire management team of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), a leading Liberian public health expert has called for a bolder action, the declaration of a State of Emergency on drugs and the immediate establishment of a National Anti-Drugs Incident Management System (IMS).

Samuel B.N. Babajuah, a seasoned health professional and Alumni Ambassador to Liberia from Southern Medical University-China, made the appeal in a public letter lauding the President's recent move as "bold and intentional" and urging a comprehensive national response to what he describes as a "public health disaster and national security threat rolled into one."

"The drug epi...