A Study to Determine the Incidence of Drug Abuse Among the Students of Tertiary Institution

A Study to Determine the Incidence of Drug Abuse Among the Students of Tertiary Institution

Abstract of A Study to Determine the Incidence of Drug Abuse Among the Students of Tertiary Institution

This study was carried out to determine the Incidence of Drug Abuse among the Students of Tertiary Institution in Ovia South East in Benin City, Edo State.

The literature review was done using this work in tertiary institutions. Instruments developed for the purpose of this research work were distributed among the staff of tertiary institutions in Ovia South East and some of the inhabitants of Ovia South East Local Government Area, the data were analyzed using tables and simple percentage.

The findings showed that incidence of drug abuse is caused by poverty, lack of education, expert to prescribe for them the normal way of drug use, broken homes, ignorance, poor family, educational background.

Chapter One of A Study to Determine the Incidence of Drug Abuse Among the Students of Tertiary Institution

INTRODUCTION

Nigeria is situated in West Africa and Edo State is an Integra part of Nigeria popularly known as heart beat of the nation.

Benin is one of the biggest oldest ancient city in Nigeria where culture is highly recognized and practiced.

The incidence of drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Ovia South East in Benin City of Edo State, Nigeria, cannot be over emphasized. In Ovia South East in Benin City, students of tertiary institutions have limited knowledge of drug medication; they need specialist on drug prescription before they can use it. They depend on personal prescription, lack of understanding and they are ignorance of the effect of drug abuse.

Drugs are substances that we take medically to affect physiological set up our body system within some given time. The misuse or wrongly administration of such drugs without expert advice is called “Drug Abuse”. This is often practiced among students of tertiary institutions.

In Benin and other less advance cities in Nigeria, drug abuses are largely carried out without knowing the effects or implication because of some reasons:

Shyness 

Bad habits

Peer groups

Sport

Broken homes

Ignorance

Illiteracy 

Poverty etc

An educated, advanced, civilized city, the right or normal ways of drugs use must be legislated and enforce it on every students of tertiary institution in Ovia South East in Benin City of Edo State, Nigeria.

With education, seminars, disciplinary measures and follow the step of NAFDAC with the help of the above mentioned processes, drug abuse could be reduced among the students of tertiary institutions in Ovia South East in Benin City of Edo State, Nigeria.

Drug abuse can be defined as the misuse or wrongly administration of drugs without doctor’s prescription. It is applicable to smoking of hard drugs like india helm, marijuana, inhaling taber, cigarette, cocaine and overdose of simple drugs.

Drugs abuse is usually practiced among poor educated background, peer group, ignorance, because of poverty, students from broken homes, sports, etc. in Ovia South East in Benin City, students in tertiary institutions are not so much civilized, they normally go from their villages and towns to Lagos or Ibadan and come back to Benin. This system of primitive ways of life made them to have interest in drug abuse instead of following the normal ways all the above mentioned points made it possible for them to drugs abuse.