Administration of Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Nigeria

Abstract

The study focuses on the administration of drug abuse among secondary school students in Nigeria. Drugs having been labelled as the enemy within, it is noted as a major national and world wide problem by the general population through appropriate education, drug abuse can be reduced drastically through the radio, television, commercials and other channels of sending out information. 1,000 questionnaires were administered to students in the five public schools of the five state capitals of Nigeria namely, Benin, Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu and Jos. Out of 1,000 questionnaires only 75 (7.5%) were badly filled while 925 (92.5%) were properly completed. The analysis of the questionnaires indicated that secondary school students know of the existence of certain drugs and their effect if abused, mostly through all the available channels of information (education, radio, television, newspaper, magazines and others). The study indicates that many students are seriously involved in drug abuse but with effective administration and planning in schools the bad habits can be reduced drastically. Recommendations are made to both students, parents and guardians as well as to the government to organize health talk in line with drug and drug abuse regularly. Government and educational administrators to design more programmes for youth that can serve as inspiration to the students to avoid drug abuse.

Keyword: Administration, Drug abuse, secondary school student, Nigeria.