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Examination Of Risk Behavior From Hard Drugs (methamphetamine "mkpurummiri") Among The Youths
[A CASE STUDY OF UMUNNEOCHI LGA]
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of The Study
Substances
misuse among youths has been investigated for a long time, with the aim
of specifically identifying and studying interventions that will
minimize drug use in this group(1). Information on the relationship
between risk behavior and use of substances in the societal environments
is necessary for the development of effective preventive programs and
to promote environment that are free of drugs and the violence generated
by them. The maturing of this idea comes up with the growing
recognition on the researchers’ part of the high prevalence of the
health problems and attendent risks to society associated with drug use
by adolescents and young adults. More precisely, drug use is one of the
most controversial issues in the society [1, 2], and dependence on it
can be recognized as an illness, and a sociopolitical and health
problems worldwide [3]. The drug consumption pattern has recently
changed in Iran and in west Africa precisely Nigeria. As a result, the
young generation is willing to consume new drugs such as
methamphetamine, crack, and heroin [4, 5]. Methamphetamine is a
stimulant drug [6], which has become popular in Nigeria with the name of
crystal. It is one of the most frequently abused substance, and its
prevalence in Nigeria is over 5.2% of consumers [7]. Thus, the
underreporting of drug use is a real problem [8-10]. Furthermore, the
growth of methamphetamine consumption in the world [11] as well as in
Nigeria has become an important problem for the health sector [12-14] at
the individual and social levels [15, 16]. Ease of production, uncommon
compounds, and different degrees of purity, low cost and high income,
easy availability, simple and little needed equipment, the possibility
of mass production, and difficulty in identifying laboratories make its
trade very lucrative [17]. However, it can cause a lot of dangers, such
as explosion, burns, lung burns and even cancer, for manufacturers and
those who are near the places of production and exposed to waste[18-20].
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out on he examination of risk behavior from hard drugs (methamphetamine "mkpurummiri") among the youths. using Umunneochi LGA as a case study. To achieve this, thee significant research objectives were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprises of syouths in Umunneochi LGA, Abia State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 112 respondents while ... Continue reading---
