Chapter 5: Patterns of substance use and its predictors among North-West University students Mafikeng Campus by Godswill N. Osuafor, Sonto M. Maputle & Natal Ayiga

The pervasiveness of the use of alcohol, tobacco, -cannabis and other psychoactive substances remains a major concern among young people globally. Nearly 25% of the total death toll among people aged 25-39 years were related to alcohol use in 2014 (WHO, 2015). This percentage is higher than that of the global alcohol related deaths which is recorded as 7.6% and 4.0% for men and

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Chapter 6: Substance abuse among physically-challenged beggars in Jos Metropolis Marilyn F. Dafom, Juiiet Y. Pwajok, Policarp M. Bot, Pankyes A. Kutman, James R. Dakas, Joseph Kosen & T J. Ibrahim.

Alcohol and substance abuse continue to be a big problem in Nigeria. The problem of substance abuse has even spread among persons with physical and mental challenges who indulge in street begging as a source of livelihood (Save the Children, 2011). The devastating impact of alcohol/substance abuse on our society is very high, a problem that is not just for

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Chapter 7: Drug and alcohol consumption as predictors of vulnerability to sexual victimization among female students of a Federal Polytechnic by Olutope E. Akinnawo, Bede C. Akpunne & Abigal Ikeoruonye

The abuse of alcohol and illicit and prescription drugs among adolescents is a major health problem internationally. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that in 2010 approximately 5 per cent of the world’s population, most of which are young people, used an illicit drug. It is estimated that alcohol abuse results in 2.5 million deaths per

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Chapter 8: Psychodemographic predictors of substance abuse among bank employees in lbadan by Mfon E. Ineme, Michael A. Azeez, Helen O. Osinowo

Abuse of psychoactive substances has been reported nearly all human societies, cutting across all sexes, socio-economic strata, and works of life, with attendant personal and social effects. To the individual, it leads to chronic diseases that change both brain structure and function; just as cardiovascular disease damages the heart and diabetes impairs the pancreas, addiction hijacks the brain. This happens

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Chapter 10: The social context of injection drug use and harm reduction programs in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ediomo-Ubong E. Nelson

There is significant disillusionment in many parts of the world with the dominant, prohibitionist approach to illicit drugs‘ control. The approach. which rests on the three international conventions, namely the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention against Illegal Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, attempt to control the supply

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Chapter 11: Increasing calls for the legalization of Marijuana: The global impact by Israel Kevin Umana

Marijuana (cannabis) is the most widely used illicit drug in many developed societies and the world at large. its health and psychological effects remain the subject of serious contention and much debate- However, debate bordering on the justification for the legalization of cannabis use has polarised public opinions about its possible therapeutic effects while its profound health hazards have become

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Chapter 12: Socio-demographic variables and rejection sensitivity as correlates of drug abuse in a sample of Inner City youths by Gboyega E. Abikoye & Edikan C. Ukpongerte

Drug abuse is one of the most pervasive social problems in the world. It is a behaviour that most societies view as” being detrimental to people’s physical, social, psychological and spiritual well-being. Hewitt and Enoch (2009) define drug use/substance abuse as an excessive use of addictive substances, especially when such consumption or misuse of a substance is not for therapeutic-purposes

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Chapter 13: Housewives’ alcohol abstinence self-efficacy: Roles of self-concept clarity, rejection sensitivity and demographic attributes in a Nigerian sample by Iboro E A. Ottu & Isaac M. Tommy

For a long time, there have been mounting concerns about alcoholism by women due to associated adverse effect of the beverage and other drug—related substances on the health and wellbeing of the drinker, their infants and their unborn children (e.g Strandberg-Larsen, Nielsen, Gronbaek, Olsen & Andersen, 2008). Although there have been a number of advocates on alcohol—reduction strategies available for

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Chapter 14: The role of perceived stress and absence of interpersonal support in alcohol involvement among adolescents in Nigeria by James E. Effiong. Sampson K. Nwonyi, Adedeji J. Ogunleye & Aniekan S. Ubom

Stress. whether perceived or real, is fundamentally an interactive and dynamic construct because it rejects the interaction between the organism and the environment over time (Monroe, 2008). Although some people adjust adaptively by developing various coping strategies, Sergeston& Miller, (2004) and McEwen (1998) posited that there are biological cost to stress when individuals over suppress their stressful experiences. Perceived stress

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