Abstract: This study investigated the causes and the effects of drug abuse among secondary school students in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Population of the study consisted of all junior and senior public secondary schools in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Four secondary schools were selected from thirteen secondary schools in the Local Government. A sample size of four hundred was chosen by stratified sampling technique using class and sex as strata. A self developed instrument named “Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students Questionnaire” (DASSSQ) was used for the study. The instrument was validated by two experts both in Counselling Psychology and Test and Measurement, while test retest of reliability was used to carry out the reliability of the instrument, and the reliability co-efficient was 0.85. Data were analyzed using frequency count, percentages and t-test analysis. The result of the findings showed that drug abuse was caused by various human factors such as peer group, broken homes, lack of parental care and the students suffered the consequences of drug abuse on academic performance in schools. The study concluded that drug abuse was a problem among students, most of them were aware of the dangers, yet they kept on indulging in the vices. Thus, it was recommended that teachers should communicate and interact effectively with students and engage in cooperative guidance and counselling session.
Keywords: drug abuse, misuse, overdose, unlawful, drug abusers.
Title: Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State Nigeria
Author: Dorcas Oluremi FAREO, Alpha JACOB
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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