A STUDY OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE

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1991
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SAMBO, SANI
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ABSTRACT This study intends to find out whether there are cases of drug abuse and other related problems among students in the selected secondary schools and the psychiatric hospitals. The study sample is made up of three groups of people: the students from the selected schools, the principals and teachers from the same selected schools where the students were drawn, and the hospital personnel from the selected psychiatric hospitals all in Kaduna Metropolis. Three hundred and ninety-eight (398) students of forms five and six made up 256 males and 42 females were used. Their ages ranged from 15 years to 20 years. one hundred and fifteen (115) staff members were used in the study. The males numbered 73, while the females were 42. The teachers were 113, the principals were seven, and the vice-principals were five. Eighty-six (86) of them are married, while the remaining 29 members in the group are single. on the hospital personnel side, the males numbered 11, and the females numbered five. Three personnel in the group are medical doctors, one psychiatric consultant, five psychiatric nurses, three principal nursing officers and two senior community health assistants. Two personnel in the group did not state their rank. Eleven in the group are married while, the remaining five personnel are single. Data collection was by means of three sets of questionnaires, namely: (a) the secondary school students questionnaire; (b) the principals/teachers questionnaire; and (c) the hospital personnel questionnaire. The tables are analysed in percentages. The staff members are selected because they are likely to be directly involved in dealing with such cases of drug abuse and other related cases of bad behaviour among students in the selected schools, while on the other hand the two hospitals are selected because they deal with patients who have drug related problems and other cases of mental illness. The following findings were made: 1. There were cases or incidence of drug abuse and other related problems among students in both the selected schools and hospitals; 2. alcohol, marijuana and amphetamine were found to be the most popular drugs among the students as well as the ones commonly abused by the students, while drugs like cocaine, barbiturates, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and heroin were found to be less popular among the students and therefore found to be less abused; 3. finally, the study revealed that the problem can be reduced or prevented through balanced parenthood without over indulgence or rejection by the parents towards proper upbringing of the children. It was found out that counselling those at high risk - (teenagers) before they start could help in minimizing the problem, and so on.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA
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STUDY,, DRUG,, ABUSE,, AMONG,, STUDENTS,, SELECTED,, SECONDARY,, SCHOOLS,, KADUNA, METROPOLIS, IMPLICATIONS, EDUCATION, GUIDANCE
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