The illegal drug trade is a world phenomenon, which has had some adverse
impact on societies. Significantly, the impact is damning in developing economies in
Africa and Ghana in particular. This paper therefore seeks to address the causes and
effects of the use and peddle of these illegal drugs in three communities in the capital
city of the Asante Region of Ghana. It further ascertains the extent to which these drugs
burden the security agencies in the communities and the country in general. We have
used documentary and non-documentary sources to arrive at some postulations on this
important social question which has wider ramifications on Kumase, Asante, Ghana
and Africa in general.