Study of 20,000 Nigerians explores the links between drug use, climate change and poverty

For years, the world has understood climate change as an environmental problem – melting glaciers, rising seas, extreme weather. But what happens in people’s minds when their world becomes unstable? What do they do when the only life they’ve known – farming, herding, providing for their families – becomes impossible?

These questions drove our team of psychiatrists and public health researchers to conduct one of the largest studies of its kind in west Africa. We interviewed 20,000 adults…

© La Conversation - mardi 13 octobre 2026