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Beautiful people also, are depicted enjoying a social drug such as alcohol, coffee, tea or tobacco, in opulent surroundings that most viewers can only dream of being in. Company logos are shown on almost every item that appears on television, including the clothing and equipment of the participants, outfield walls, score boards and race cars.
Self Care Movement: People’s ability to engage in medical self care makes an availability of OTC and prescription medications, the use of other drugs, both legal and illegal, to make themselves feels better seems more reasonable than ever before. This attitude then fosters drug misuse and abuse.
General Acceptance of Substance Use within a Society: This will inevitably lead to higher abuse rates. Marijuana use in the 1960 is a prime example of this. It was widely used simply because it was socially acceptable. Another example of this is it uses on college campuses. “Among college students, about 1 in 2 has smoked marijuana at least once (Nevid, 2000). These campuses also encounter some of the highest rate of alcohol abuse in such a confined community, simply due to the fact that it is socially accepted by the peer group living in that environment.
Politics and Laws: Is another significant issue in predicting substance abuse. Certainly, a community or nation that does not punish abuse, almost indirectly advocates it. Meanwhile, a society which has stick punishment for abuser, certainly deter it to some extent if for no other reason than simply due to the “fear factorâ€. People are much curtail, if they are fearful of the consequences that will arise should they misuse any substance.
Unemployment and Economic Hardships: Abuse of drugs is much higher in countries or areas that are poverty stricken. This also goes hand in hand with depression, which also encourage abuse. When studying African American in the US, it was found that the prevalence of cirrhosis of the liver is nearly twice as high in African American (due to alcohol abuse) than in now Hispanic white American (Nevid, 2000).
Culture and Ethnicity: Certain ethnicities do not view substance such as alcohol, as “taboo†but instead as a healthy part of everyday life. How a society perceives that specific group can determine their attitude (whether favourable or not) towards the drug associated with that group. An example of this is the American association of smoking opium with the Chinese immigrant who arrived after the civil war. Although opium was originally looked upon favourably, its popularity declined as it becomes more visibly used by an ethnic group the American did not think highly of. “Cocaine would be similarly linked with Blacks and marijuana with Mexican in the first period of 20th century (Wilson, 2000).
Preventive Measures on Drug Abuse
Drug abuse prevention implies helping people (especially the youths) avoid the abuse of drugs i.e preventing problematic use and avoiding the harm that drug can cause. It is the prevention of drug misuse aims to change personal social or environmental factor in order to assist delaying or avoiding the onset of drug use and its progression to harmful or problematic misuse. Prevention strategies aim to increase the capacity of individuals and committee to have the resource they need to be protected from the harms that drug can cause (Eric, 2011).
Drug prevention reflects a concept of ensuring children and young people do not use drugs and for adults, (i.e over the legal age) how to encourage responsible and appropriate use of legal substances and drugs used or prescribed for medical purposes. Furthermore, the prevention of drug abuse usually includes the concepts and context for the promotion of health and well being as major outcome of drug prevention (Mentor Foundation, 2011). In view of this, the following are the three main ways in preventing drugs use and abuse.
Reducing the Supply of Drugs: This is done by tackling those who cultivate and provide the drug through effective policing and customs. The aim is to try to reduce the availability and legal trade through different policy, policing and other measured aimed at restricting the supply to consumers. According to NDLEA, a great deal of money is spent in this respect.
Reducing the Demand for Drugs: Education and various prevention strategies are used to make the potential users less likely to use or become involved with insidious, harmful or illegal drug use.
Helping the Ex-drug User: Assistance is given by both private and public agencies in helping the ex-drug users to prevent them from becoming involved again after the treatment they have relieved.
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORINFACULTY OF EDUCATIONCOUNSELLOR EDUCATION DEPARTMENTPrevalence of and Motivation for Drug Abuse Questionnaire (PMDAQ)Dear Respondent, This instrument is designed to elicit information on the prevalence of, and motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. Your sincere responses to each of the items will be highly appreciated as all information supplied will be treated with utmost confidentiality and be used strictly for the re ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Purpose of the Study The main purpose of this study is to find out the prevalence of, and motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, suggestion will be made on alternative activities that Nigeria youths can venture their time and energy aside drugs and roles of counsellors in preventing drug abuse among youths so that they may have a life of purpose and be self actualized.Significance of the StudyYouthful age has ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Section B and C of the instrument contained 15 items each, the highest possible score any respondent can obtain is 60 (i.e 4 x 15), while the lowest possible score is 15 (i.e 1 x 15). Therefore, the range is 45 (i.e 60 – 15). The mid-point of range is 22.5 (i.e 45 ÷ 2). The cut-off point is therefore 60 – 22.5 (i.e maximum score minus the mid-point of the range) or 15 + 22.5 (i.e the minimum score plus (+) the mid of the range), in which either case is 37.5. Thus, if res ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 8 ]Summary of Findings Based on the result of the study, items 1, 6 and 4 were ranked as the top three on the prevalence of drug abuse while items 2, 1 and 3 were ranked the top on the motivation for drug abuse. The list ranked items on the prevalence of drug abuse are items 7 and 13, 12, and 2 while items 4, 8 and 11 features on motivation for drug abuse. However, eight hypotheses were postulated and all of them were accepted. Hence, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of, ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Still on the basis of age, the hypothesis that there is significant difference in the motivation for drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions was accepted as no significant difference was found. It then indicates that respondents’ age has no influence in their motivation for drug abuse. Irrespective of their different age brackets, they tend to be motivated towards drug abuse by peer pressure, in order to work better and experiment how it works. The finding thus supports that of ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]REFERENCESAaron, K., Robert, L., Reische, D., Barbara, V., Waggoner, S. & Wagger, H.(1982). Understanding health. New Jersey: Random House Visual Education Corporation. Abdullahi, O. (1995). Typology of research. In S. Jimoh (ed). Methodology: An inter disciplinary approach. Ilorin: Unilorin Library and Publication.Akindelly, B. (2009). Causes, effects and control of drug abuse in society.Retrieved July 22, 2013 from. http://www.voices.yahoo.com/causes-effects-control-drug-abuse-society. ... Continue reading---
