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Perception Of Drug Use And Abuse On Students Behaviour In Public Secondary Schools
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In Nigeria, earlier
studies on students drug use were largely hospital based and confined to
selected regions of the country however, in the past 10 - 15 years
such studies have taken the form of field work employing epidemiology
techniques so as to provide more comprehensive information related to
types, pattern of use and psycho-social correlates in drug use and abuse
among secondary school students. From such studies it has been
consistently found the alcohol, hypnosedatives, tobacco and psycho
stimulants were the commonly abused substances with varying prevalence
rates found for both overall and specific drug use. For instance in
Ilorin, Nigeria, the lifetime prevalence rate if drug use among
secondary students was found to vary between 1.5% (for tobacco and 57%
for psycho stimulants). In Sokoto, the reported prevalence rates were
10.9% - 17.8% among secondary school students and 19.5% - 50.7%. some
authors in the country have raised the possibility of students under
reporting their substance use habits, most especially the illicit ones
for instance in a study in south west, Nigeria it was observed that
although cannabis related psychiatric disorders are common among
students in Nigeria psychiatric clinics, substance use studies in the
country have reported low use of cannabis amongst secondary school
students. This could be due to denial because of legal consequence
associated with its use.
Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria remains
about the most populous city in the country and since the work of
anymonys over 3 decades ago, changes that could increase the risk of
substance use among school students have occurred these include a surge
in population, increased numbers of street youths (mostly secondary
school drop outs) popularly known as “area boys†and an attendant high
crime rate. However, despite these persistent psychosocial problems in
lagos, there is a paucity of current literature available on drug use
among secondary school students in the city.
This study sets out to
assess drug use and abuse on students behavior in public secondary
schools in Lagos state. To find out types of drug and when a drug is
said to be abused. Highlight some of cause of drug use and abuse, it
effects on the public secondary school students.
Statement of the Problem
Recent
events in the attitude of students in secondary schools show that
abnormal behaviour are the aftermath of the students on drugs. The
truancy rate, absenteeism, cultism act, hooliganism, bullying is rampant
in these cadre or schools. Public secondary schools engage themselves
in school to school street fighting and the researcher wonder the impact
of drugs
Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between drug use and abuse on students behaviour.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was conducted to find out the perception of drug use and abuse on student’s behavior in public secondary schools in Lagos State.Chapter one presented the background of study which consists of statement of the problem, research questions, research hypothesis, significance of the study, purpose of the study, delimitation, limitations as well as definition of term. Review of related literature was carried out in chapter two on the prevalence of drug use and abuse among Nigeria stu ... Continue reading---
