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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCIES OF DRUG ABUSE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN YOUTHS

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 involved in drug abuse.

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