In his quest to either complement some pleasant features of life or escape from
the unpleasantness of life, whether real or imaginary, man has often time resorted to the use of fermented liquor and different plant products. These practices
have a long and ancient history as it is interwoven with the existence of man. Without
boring you with the long history of drug to human race, let me quickly
point out that within the 70s and 80s witnessed the introduction of drugs like
cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and pharmaceutical opioids (codeine). This trend changed dramatically in the 90s to include the abuse
of non conventional drugs such as volatile solvents or inhalants (gasoline,
correction fluid, rubber solution, aerosol, nail polish removal, kerosene,
petrol, and bytul nitrate). These volatile solvents produce psychoactive vapour
which when inhaled goes straight from the nose to the brain, heart and lungs
with instant intoxication and diverse consequences.
Today, ingenuity
has been introduced into drug abuse with complex mixtures, experimentations and
new discoveries. This has recently resulted
to abuse of pharmaceutical products like (tramadol, rohypnol) and many more. Not forgetting Codeine containing cough syrup mixed with soft drinks which are
gradually taking over alcohol in youth parties.
In the seeming
confusion, a lot of Nigerian youths seem to rather follow the trend
without a critical evaluation of its sociological, psychological, moral and economic impacts on their lives.
It is a known fact
that the future of any society depends largely on the quality of her youths. It
is therefore highly regrettable the increasing
number of secondary school and tertiaryinstitution students who are getting
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