Economic Implications of Drug Abuse among the Youths

Abstract

Over the years, various government and communities has frown on the new form of menace that has bedevil the society, and is eating deep into the productivity sector of the economic as its directly affect the youths, leaving the labor market vacuum of labor force simply because the youth have indulge in diverse kind of drug abuse, that have made them insane and unproductively members of the society, hence this review analyzes the economic implications of drug abuse on the youth and the economic, and the need for strict measures to be taken to mitigate the menace, there will come a time, where the working age group will be scarce in the labor market.

Keywords: Economic implication and Drug Abuse