Comparative study of drug abuse among students of tertiary institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti. Nigeria.
Research Article
International Journal of Scientific Research Updates, 2022, 03(01), 040–047.
Article DOI: 10.53430/ijsru.2022.3.1.0030
Publication history:
Received on 09 February 2022; revised on 12 March 2022; accepted on 14 March 2022
Abstract:
Drug and substance abuse has been a thing of concern to the Nigerian Government at all levels as it has continued to affect the lives and subsequently educations of our youths despite all the various measures put in place to stop it. Intense and often misused of drugs leads to addiction which may result to clinically significant impairment or distress, wherein the person involved may also suffer from tolerance and withdrawal. The effect of drug usage among students of higher learning cannot be over emphasized hence the needs to study by comparing the levels of drugs abused by students of tertiary institutions. Some statistical tools; Analysis of variance, Mean plot and bar charts were employed. It is observed that there is significant difference in the type of drugs, institutions and gender. It is also observed that the state university record the highest abuse of drugs and alcohol is the mostly abused substance in all the schools considered.
Keywords:
Drug abuse; Substance; Tertiary Institutions; Addiction; Student
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