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The Effect Of Drug Abuse Among Nigeria University Undegraduates
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Nevertheless, the usage of drug either by University undergraduates or
other members of the larger society in all its ramifications appears to
be a social problem. This problem is widely spread and it affect all and
sundry. In other words, this wide spread use and abuse entice people
from all walks of life and beyond the human destruction caused by drug
dependence is the damage to traditional values and lifestyles. Studies
have also shown that drug abuse wrecks individual, shatter families and
weakens entire society with its burden of economic looses, health cost
and increased lawlessness and crime.
Also, drugs seem to undermine
the ability of University undergraduates to learn. Drug also appears to
contradict our values of physical wellbeing. People experiment with
drugs because they seem to hold the promise of fulfillment. But the
fulfillment is generally elusive, greater and greater quantities are
consumed and ultimately the person suffers both physical and
psychological deterioration. The drug abuser also experience problems of
interaction and this interactional problem is encountered both inside
his immediate family and stress invariably is created in the family
situation of drug abuse (Hoffman, 1990).
To add to this, drug abuse
may entail a lot of social problems ranging from lateness to lectures,
family neglect, deviance behaviours, involvement in crime etc (Earl
2000). In terms of economic cost, it includes the more money required to
deal with the undesirable effects of the drug abuse, the less money for
services and programmes that enhances the quality of life (Earl 2000).
One
of the factors militating against the eradication of drug abuse among
our University undergraduates is that our security agencies, such as the
police force, National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies among others have
not done enough to check this scourge. Another factor militating against
the eradication of drug abuse among Nigerian University undergraduates
is the problem of corruption among the men and officials of these fore
mentioned agencies.
To this end and judging from the problems
outlined earlier, this research aims at ascertaining the effect of drug
abuse among University undergraduates in Nigeria using the University of
Calabar, Cross River State as a study area.
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