JOURNAL OF LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

DETERMINING THE PREVALENCE AND PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE

Monde, Comfort Kehinde, Bamigboye, Theresa Olaitan, Agbetayo, Kehinde Oke

Abstract

This study investigate drug and alcohol substance use among secondary school students in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. This study used the non-experimental, descriptive research design with a questionnaire titled Questionnaire on Alcohol and Drug Use Among Secondary School Students (QADUSSS) as an investigative tool. The trial involved 300 randomly selected secondary school students whose mean age was 14.65±2.33 years. The majorly high responders (65.3%) were in SSS1-3 with the majority of them spending below 1000 dollars a day. The socio-demographic profile showed that the most of respondents were the Yoruba ethnic group, and the corresponding rate of alcohol and smoking was 4.00% and 4.05%, respectively. From the study, it was apparent that 45.12 % of the respondents had moderate knowledge of drug and alcohol abuse. Peer pressure and trying out drugs were the major causes of disablement while the long-term consequences were mental disorders and financial burden to the parents and the country at large. Mainly the alcohol and drug dependence could be considered as consequences of the poor parent-child upbringing. The exam did not indicate an association between gender, age, and the awareness of misusing alcohol and drugs. On the hand, over one-fifth (22.48%) of respondents were not aware about alcohol and drug abuse. This research stresses the need to raise awareness about effective parenting like discussions often about upbringing of Godly children and lowering of divorce among married couples.