Abstract
Presently, drug abuse has become a societal problem with its prevalence being found among adolescents in Nigeria. This study focuses on the contemporary trend of drug abuse among in-school adolescents in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study employed the use of a descriptive survey design. One hundred respondents were chosen for the study through the use of a simple random sampling technique from the three Senatorial districts of Kwara State. In total, three hundred adolescents participated in the study. The respondents were stratified on the basis of age and gender. In order to ascertain the validity of the instrument of this study, copies of the questionnaire were given to experts and lecturers in related fields for vetting. A reliability index of 0.75 was obtained using a test-retest method. The instrument used for this study was tagged “Trends of Drug Abuse Questionnaire” (TDAQ). The outcome of this research revealed that a significant difference existed in in-school adolescent’s perception on the contemporary trend of drug abuse based on age. However, on the basis of gender, the respondent’s perceptions were similar. Given these results, it is recommended that drug refusal skills as well as drug education be incorporated into students’ orientation programs.
Highlights
A drug is any chemical substance that affects the physical or psychological lifestyle of a person and when such a substance is ingested, it alters body function (Carla, 2002)
Labo (2017), in particular, noted that there is a high prevalence of drug use in the North Eastern part of Nigeria
What are the drugs that are contemporary abused among in-school adolescents in Kwara State?
Summary
A drug is any chemical substance that affects the physical or psychological lifestyle of a person and when such a substance is ingested, it alters body function (Carla, 2002). Muazu and Aliyu (2008) submitted that drug abuse is the intake of drugs without regard to medical prescription. Legal drugs are those that are prescribed by medical practitioners while illegal drugs are purposively controlled by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NFADAC) so that it will not be abused. This condition affects the neurological function of the users. Drug addiction is often referred to as a substance disorder or relapsing disease. This is because it affects the brain. Such a habit can reoccur several times (Nora & Volkow, 2015)
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