He laau lapaau anei ka paka? Inā ua nalowale kēia chimera no ka manawa lōʻihi loa ma ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina o ka honua, me he mea lā ua ʻae ʻia ka kānalua ma Congo. I kēia mau lā, makemake ʻo Kauka Michel Mpiana, ke kauka ma ke kikowaena halemai "Bethel Center" e hoʻomanaʻo "ʻo ka paka he lāʻau maikaʻi a ʻona ʻaʻohe ona lāʻau lapaʻau".
ʻAʻohe kānalua, ʻaʻohe pono o ka paka…
Pehea e ʻae ʻia ai ke kānalua inā ʻike mākou i ka pilikia o ka puhi paka no nā makahiki he ʻumi? Wahi a ka ʻike mai Mediacongo.net, le Kauka Michel Mpiana, kauka ma ka halemai "Bethel Center" ma ke kaona o Ngiri Ngiri ma Kinshasa i hoike mai, i ka wa o ka ninaninau ana i ka Poaono me ka ACP, he laau u'i a make loa ka paka i loaa ole na pono lapaau.
Wahi a keia kauka, ua lilo ka paka i laau e make ai kekahi mau ma'i. ʻOi aku ka pōʻino ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka heroin a i ʻole cocaine. No laila, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau ka paka. Kahaha ko mākou nīnau i ka nīnau ...
ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka paka ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻino ai i ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana o kekahi poʻe puhi puhi a me nā mea honi ʻaʻole kūpono loa, wahi a Kauka Mpiana.
Hoʻopuka hou ka World Health Organization (WHO) i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻo ka paka wale nō e pepehi i ka liʻiliʻi o 6 miliona mau mea kūʻai aku, me 600.000 mau mea i hōʻeha ʻia i ka uahi o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 miliona mau make ma muli o ka hoʻohui i ka lāʻau i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi e ka National Program for the Fight against Drug Addiction and Toxic Substances (PNLCT) ma Kinshasa i ka makahiki 2014 mai loko o 2300 mau halemai, 10% i make i ka maʻi puʻuwai (stroke, hypertension), cancer and heart disease. me ka waiʻona (47%) a me ka paka (26%) ma ke ʻano he pilikia.
