Drug Abuse Practice and Its Predictors Among Youths in Kwara State (Published)
Drug abuse among youths is a public health concern that has several social, economic, and health consequences. Understanding the variables and underlying factors linked to drug abuse is critical for establishing effective prevention and intervention. The study was conducted in Kwara state (covering University of Ilorin, Kwara State University, Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State Polytechnic). A total of 410 students were included in the study using multi-stage sampling technique. Quantitative was applied. Frequency counts, graphs, Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression model was fitted to identify drug abuse practice and predictors. The result revealed that the common drug abuse by students were codeine, Elle (a mixture of codeine and other substances), Gerigemu (a mixture of thorn apple and ogogoro), Marijuana/ Canadian-Loud/CDB/ Cananbis, Methylamine (Methyl), Refnol and tramadol. The easy access and the availability of codeine (with different mixture like Sprit Drinks), Marijuana/ Canadian-Loud/CDB/ Cananbis of the respondents had significant relationship regards abusing these drugs, while Xylozine (Tranq) has no significant relationship. There is significant relationship between drug abuse practices and common drug abuse among students, Kwara State.The study had revealed that the common drug abuse recently by students in Kwara stare were codeine, Elle (a mixture of codeine and other substances), Gerigemu (a mixture of thorn apple and ogogoro), Marijuana/ Canadian-Loud/CDB/ Cananbis, Methylamine (Methyl), Refnol, tramadol. There is significant relationship between drug abuse practices and common drug abuse among students, also, experiment users, dependency and high-risk behaviour significantly contributed to common drug abuse among students, Kwara State.
Keywords: Drug Abuse, and its predictors, drug abuse practice
Effect of Drug Abuse on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Nigeria (Published)
This paper examines the effect of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria. However, drug abuse is rampant among the teenagers because of their ignorance they do not understand the effect and repercussion of drug addicts. Moreover, many students acquired it through their friend’s influence, experimental curiosity, personal problems due to socio background conditions while many need it for energy to work for long hours. Similarly, some need drugs to prevent the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms e.t.c In addition, students lure to abuse the following drugs such Alcohol, cocaine, Nicotine and Phencyclidine e.t.c but all these drugs have negative effect in the body. For instance, many students find it cumbersome to read and even it kills their moral of reading culture. Consequence, after they have taken the drugs many students behave abnormally while other fall sick bases on their body system even it affects their ability of reasoning all these problems contributed to their reading culture and many students failed honorably in public examination such WAEC, NECO and other external examinations yearly in Nigeria. Therefore, parents, teachers and Ministry education neither federal and state must contribute positively to reduce uses of the drugs among of teenagers in private and public secondary schools in Nigeria.
Keywords: Academic, Culture, Drug Abuse, Performance, Student, Symptoms, Teenagers, abnormally, cocaine, cumbersome, external. examination, public