ABSTRACT
This research is a study of drug abuse among students’ of higher learning; a case study of Usmanu. Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The major research question includes to what extent do students of higher learning indulge in drug abuse? What is the motivating factors? The measure to be taken in rectifies the problems. Questionnaire was administered for the collection of the data and other sources were also used.The research finding reveals that the prevalence of drug abuse is associated with the influences from friends, pressure group, relieve of pressure of academic work, and easy accessibility to the drugs. Moreover, most of the students involved in this habit of drug abuse are only aware of the concept but not its medical or social implications At the end, we are able to put forward the commendation includes: the need for enlightenment of the eects of drug abuse at all levels of education and the need to take legal measures on unlicensed drug dealers.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The issue of Drug abuse has always been an international problem because it has never been possible to confine drugs to their place of origin. “The scale of global drug problems generated concern as long ago as 1909 when the first international Drug conference was convened in Shanghai. Since then, there has been an extensive international program of legislation, lately under the auspices of the United Nations, and between 1912 and 1972 twelve multi – lateral drug treaties were concluded” (Ghodse and Maxwell, 1990). In Nigeria, the problem initially came to the attention of research and health care exerts as far back as the early 1960s (Obot, 1993). In hospital – based studies, a pattern of psychiatric morbidity implicating cannabis (Indian hemp) abuse demonstrated by researchers of whom were psychiatrics. What the researchers found was that high proportions of patients admitted into hospitals because of acute psychotic reactions had histories of cannabis abuse. Most of these patients were young students, unemployed urban residents, and low – skilled workers.
The menace of “area boys” across the towns and cities, problems of armed robbery, delinquency among students in institutions of learning, especially students of higher learning, indiscriminate violence in social amusement parks, disloyalty to age mates, elders, parent and even constituted authority by breaching its laws and orders, are some of the social vices which may be related to drug misuse/abuse. Ignorance among the populace and lack of awareness on the use of various drugs and their eects on the body give room for self – medication that may lead to drug abuse.
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