Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational substance use. It is a prevalent habit among humans all over the world especially youths. In private places as well as in social gatherings, it is common to fnd smokers among the population; this makes tobacco the most common substance that is smoked worldwide (Proctar, 1996). Tobacco is the most
CHAPTER 12: Family Structure and School Type as Factors Influencing Female Undergraduates Involvement in Drug Use by Enwongo A Okediji & Emeh A. Udoh
Drug use is a major public health problem worldwide. The upsurge in the use of drugs seems to be global problem (Children Defense Fund, I991). Alcohol and other drug use and abuse are still a major public health issue in the Nigeria- Globally, some 39 deaths per 100,000 persons are attributed to alcohol and illicit drug use. Ofthcse, 35 are
CHAPTER 13: Predicting Intention and Continous Cannabis Use among Smokers in a Nigerian University by Benjamin O. Olley & Gboyega E. Abikoye
Cannabis is one of the most prevalent illicit drugs in the world, especially among young adults (Ammett, 2000; Vergas & Trujillo, 2012). In some European countries, about 27% of the population (aged between 15 and 64 years) have tried cannabis at some time in their lives (Degenhardt et al., 2008), with consumption of the substance being more extensive among men
CHAPTER 14: Rising Alcohol Consumption in Africa: A Sobering Thought by Oluwatobi Daniel Odediran
Alcohol has been an important part of our society and culture for many centuries. People of all ages across Africa have an intimate relationship with alcohol, with perceived positive as well as negative effects in the short and longer term. Alcohol is said to be the most widely used and abused drug in the world today mostly among the adolescence.
CHAPTER 15: Adolescents’ Demographic Profiles and Relationships in the Susceptibility to Drug Use and Sexual Abuse by Iboro F. A. Ottu
One of the most central and ongoing concerns of society is how to help adolescents overcome their transition between childhood and adulthood. This is as a result of the psychosocial complexities surrounding the adolescent at this stage of life. As captured by Martin, Carlson and Buskist (2007), adolescence, which emerged from a Latin source “adolescere” means “to grow into adulthood”
CHAPTER 16: Drug Use and Dating Violence among University Undergraduates by Emeh A. Udoh, Enwongo A. Okediji, Okokon O. Umoh & Nsidibe A. Usoro
Violence in dating relationships is a widespread problem on campuses (Murray & Kardatzke, 2007). Research reveals that 29% of 8666 students surveyed in a study involving 31 universities in 16 countries had physically assaulted a dating partner in the past one year (Straus, 2004). According to Shook, Gerrity et al. (2000) between 80% and 90% of students abused their dating
CHAPTER 17: The “War On Drugs” in West Africa: An Appraisal by Participants of West Africa Executive Course on Human Rights and Drug Policy, Legon, Ghana by Okokon O. Umoh, Kwadwo Appiagyei Atua, Maria-Goretti Ane, Samuel Molokwu, Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Chinwike Okereke, Abigail Gyimah, Ediomo-Ubong Nelson, Gloria Karuri, Ateiza S. Adabeneg
Introduction West Africa (a sub-region with sixteen countries) has an estimated population of 350 million young people, with a growing annual Gross Domestic Product rate of 5 .89% over the past ten years (ECOWAS,2011). Halfofwest Africans live on less than 1.25 USD per day and 3 5% live in the urban areas. Though the growing population of the sub-region could
Chapter 25 – THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF FOUR NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS by Chris O. Okwudishu
Introduction The mass media have become important socializing agents that help to create and shape attitudes, values, behaviours and perceptions of social reality. Tan describes the influence of the mass media in the acquisition of these response tendencies as social effects which can be learned. He stresses the importance of social learning theory to mass communication arguing that many of
Chapter 26 – FOLKLORE OF ALCOHOLISM, ALCOHOL DRINKING AND DRUNKENESS by J. O. Ojoade and A. B. Ojoade
Introduction Alcoholism is sometimes described as the excessive drinking itself, to the extent that it is marked by a lack of control. Note that alcoholism is not only a behaviour but also it is a medical or psychiatric problem. We do well to distinguish alcoholism from mere drunkenness, in which the element of compulsion or addiction is absent.
Chapter 24 – IS A BAN ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES THE ANSWER TO THE UNHEALTHY HABIT? by C. I. G. Orjioke and C. C- Asadu
Introduction Smoking has been extensively shown to be an unhealthy habit accounting for at least 2.5 million deaths each year. For this, cigarette advertising was completely banned in Britain in 1965‘ and by the Dutch Parliament in 1987 which included a ban on smoking, in public buildings. Nigeria in 1990 joined these other countries by banning, smoking in public places