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Influence Of Drug Abuse On Students’ Academic Performance
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According to the World Health Organization (2002), is a state of
periodic and chronic intoxication detrimental to the individual and to
society, it is produced by the repeated consumption of a drug (natural
or synthetic)
Hanjes (2009) defined Drug Abuse as the habitual misuse of drugs regardless of the known or unknown consequence.
The dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Applied Health, seventh
Edition (2003), stated that drug abuse is seen as a state of heavy
dependence on a drug. It is also seen as physical dependence but usually
including emotional dependence.
Mosby’s Medical
Dictionary, eight edition (2009) furtherly defined Drug abuse as a
condition characterized by an overwhelming desire to continue taking a
drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption
because it produces a particular effect, usually an alteration of mental
status.
Drug Abuse is usually accompanied by a compulsion to obtain the drug, a
tendency to increase the dose and detrimental consequences for the
individual and society. Common abused drugs are barbiturates alcohol,
morphine and other opioids, especially feron which has slightly greater
euphorigenic properties than other opium derivative. Once a person has
become addicted to a drug, the need to consume more and more takes
precedence over everything else in their lives. Addiction takes the form
of physical addictive, which means that the body will exhibit adverse
reaction if the drug is not taken. (Lingford-H. et al, 2017)
Causes of Drug Abuse
This study has defined a drug abused individual as one who makes an
irresponsible use of drugs without professional guidance, also how to
achieve individual satisfaction and receive well – being. The causes of
drug abuse ranges from inherited, personality factors social pressure,
depression or loneliness, severe anxiety etc
Inherited: Every individuals are all a product of one’s family, parents that abuse some drugs become addicted to such drugs, chances are more susceptible that their children would be an addict. That is why drug addiction is more common in some families, communities and also societies at large.
Personality factors: Aside from the inherited factors, some people have a personality that is more likely to become drug dependent. Individual are curious so that alone can lead an individual to try a drug. Every human being relaxation, pleasure and feeling good, we are by nature impatient. For purpose of this study, human being see drug as thing that give instant gratification that other things do not (Oladele 2009).
Social pressure: Nature of man is based on the interaction between one another and sometime the relationship cause individual to give into something we otherwise would avoid in order to maintain the relationship. (Adebisi 2007).
Depression/loneliness: Human being wants to feel good physically and emotionally, sometimes drugs are substitute for a healthy life experience. The person in pain and want to numb the pain for a moment needs to escape the pain of the life experience and for the short while the drugs takes them away and they feel better. (Ogunyemi 2008)
Severe Anxiety: Sometimes people need some help to cope with life Everyday life becomes a struggle and simple things become too much to handle, such individual may involve themselves in taking too much drugs without professional guidance and become drug addicts. (Oladele 2007)
The Reason behind Drug Abuse
The issue of drug abuse has contributed a major subject of study by renowned scholars both in Nigeria and beyond. (Jaffis 2010), stated that a great deal of drug abuse and addiction result from ignorance and the uncontrolled manner on which drugs are sold to the people. With the above reference in mind, the research believes that the reasons for drug abuse are in exhaustible.
According to P. King (2007), listed the following as the behind drug abuse: peer pressure, problem in the home, Enhancing performances, ignorance.
Peer Pressure: Drug abuse among the students in the secondary schools derived to a large extent from the influence of peer group. Most students or youth due to their vulnerability to group influence have been turned to drug abuse. Their aim to belong, feel among and be accepted by their group mates, make them to embrace the habits common among members of their mates. (Adegoke 2006)
Problem in the Home: This is another reason behind drug abuse, the home is expected to be a place of harmony, peace and love but on the other hand unhealthy relationship between parents and children as well as relatives have often resulted in various forms of behaviour that are not in line with etiquette of the society in which drug abuse is among. In the case as inability to make and meet have often driven students into the menace of drug abuse, frustration can be caused by lack of success of carryover, an inability to achieve desired aspiration when a student is faced with overwhelming odds he becomes frustrated and may eventually indulge in drug abuse as a means of escaping from the odd or to be relieved from the problem. (Ayo 2010)
To Enhance Performance: A student which relies on a wrap of marijuana before commencing studies, or revision for an examination will likely become addicted to the stuff. The desire to perform better in exams has also resulted into the taking of drugs by students; it’s also common among sportsmen because some of them derive good performance from drug abuse. (Adebisi 2005)
Ignorance: Some use drugs just to experiment on the effect of such substance in their body. When they continue with the smoking, some students smoke just to feel good but they do not stop at this stage, they graduate into smoking of India hemp and others. (Afolabi 2008)
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the influence of drug abuse on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire tagged “Influence of Drug abuse on students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (IDASAPQ). It consisted of 20 items which elicited necessary information from 200 students in Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin. Frequency counts and percent ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORINFACULTY OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF COUSELLOR EDUCATIONINFLUENCE OF DRUG ABUSE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE (IDASAPQ) Dear Respondent,This questionnaire is designed to obtain data on the influence of drug addiction on students’ academic performance as perceived by Kwara State. You are therefore requested to provide very sincere responses to each of the items. Kindly note that your responses will be treated with utmost confidentially as the ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLESTable 1: Classification of Hard Drugs Table 2: Distribution of Respondents by Gender, Age, Religion, ATP, ATF and Tor Table 3: Means of Influence of Drug Addiction Rank – ordered Table 4: Results of t-test comparing Male and Female Respondents’ perception Table 5: Results of t-test Comparing Christian and Islamic Religion of Respondents perception Table 6: ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgement Table of content List of Tables Abstract CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYIntroduction State of problem Purpose of the study Significance of the study Research Questions Research Hypotheses Scope and Limitation the Study Operational Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURENature and Normal use of Drug Classification of Hard Drugs • ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The study will commence by analyzing how to problem of drug abuse came into being. In this aspect, the study will then proceed to show the effect of drug abuse on student’s academic performance. Finally, the study intends to draw conclusion and make useful suggestion and recommendations in order to combat the menace of drug abuse. Operational Definition of Terms Abuse: is the improper usage or treatment of an entity, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in ma ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Reliability: Reliability of the instrument according to (Neil R. Carlson
2009) refer Reliability in statistics and psychometrics as the overall
consistency of a measure. A measure is said to have a high reliability
if it produces similar results under consistent conditions. "It is the
characteristic of a set of test scores that relates to the amount of
random error from the measurement process that might be embedded in the
scores. A test – retest method was employed to ascerta ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Table 2 shows the Means and Rank orders of influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. From the table, Item 1 (“Drug abuse can lead to poor concentration in the classâ€) ranked first (1st) with a mean score of 3.285. Item 13 (“Drug abuse can lead to frequent fatigueâ€) ranked 2nd with a mean score of 3.100, while item 15th (“Drug abuse can lead to poor spelling habitâ€) and Item 20 (“Drug abuse can lead to not being able to understand ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Conclusion This study has undertaken to find for the influence of drug abuse on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin. Based on the finding from this study and its subsequent discussion, the following constitute the study and its subsequent discussion, the following constitute the study’s conclusion.Table 2 showed the Mean and Rank orders of influence of drug abuse on students’ academic performance. From the table, Item 1 (“Drug abuse can lead t ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAbel. F.I (1974), The use of Indian hemp & drugs, among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigerian University press.Alfred, B. Williams, G. and payne, W.J.A (1969) “medical chemistry†new York London, page 3-47 published, designed and printed by tap printing works, new York.Ajila C.O; Causes of Drug Abuse among school adolescents in Ondo State. Nig. Rev. Afr. Affairs, 6: 45-55, 1992.Adelekan, M.L Abiodun, O.A, Imoukhom Obayan, A.O, Oni G.A., Ogunremi, O.O Psychosocial Cor ... Continue reading---
