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Perception Of Drug Use And Abuse On Students Behaviour In Public Secondary Schools
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Limitations of the Study
Refusal of some students in answering the questionnaire pose a threat to the study but through persuasion they responded.
Definitions of terms
Drug: Refers to a substance rather than food that is purposely introduced into the body to change normal body function.
Drug Abuse: Persistent excessive use of chemical or substance for any reason other than its acceptable medical purpose
Guidance
and Counseling: The process used by guidance and counseling teaches
to help students avoid evils like drug abuse and live responsible life
in secondary schools.
Illegal Drugs: Any drug that the government
considers harmful to the mental and physical health of the society the
use of such a drug is forbidden by law, these include bhang, heroine,
cocaine etc.
Legal drugs: Refers to any drugs that is potentially dangerous but is not against the law to consume and distribute them.
Peer pressure: This is the demand to confirm to the values and standards of the peer (classmates, age mates).
Prevalence: frequency at which the drugs are used in the sample schools.
Preventive
Approaches: Refers to guidance and counseling programmes put in place
by the counseling department to create drug awareness about the
disadvantages of drug abuse so as to discourage student from indulging
on drug abuse and this reduce occurrence of student behavior.
Preventive
education: The deliberate use of educational procedures with the
purpose of tackling the issue of drug abuse and its negative effects.
Risk taking: Engaging in behavior that endangers the health or life of a student.
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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---
