Introduction Nigeria, for a long time now, has been witnessing a sharp rise in incidence of alcohol abuse. While a lot of attention is being directed towards the elimination and prevention of drug abuse generally, very little effort is made at addressing the issue of alcohol abuse. Could it be that the issue borders on lack of recognition of alcohol
Chapter 5 – UNDERSTANDING THE NIGERIAN DRUG PROBLEM: A METHODOLOGICAL NOTE by E. O. Olumodeji
Introduction From the early beginning of remedial social legislation against the Nigerian drug problem, an elaborate framework backed up by strict surveillance has developed. The law courts and tribunals, the police and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been playing their roles in stemming the tide of the problem without corresponding success. Strict vigilance is mounted at various
Chapter 4 – ADOLESCENT PRESSURES TO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS AND SEX by A.K.I. Ibanga and A. Zwandor
Introduction Alcohol and substance abuse in adolescence has been highlighted in several studies.“ Also brought to the fore in different researches has been the sexual habits of this population.” This studies have found the desire to engage in such behaviors to be associated with a number of factors including unhappy and poor background culminating in defective personality development; the pressure
Chapter 3 – CAPITALISM AND DRUGS: A CRITIQUE OF CONVENTIONAL THEORIES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE by Mohammed J. Kuna and T. M. Bande
Introduction Conventional theories focus on individual pathology and/or anomie conditions as the most crucial casual factors in drug use and abuse. This, the paper argues is mistaken. For the focus dismisses the relationship between natural and synthetic substances, as well as the processes of the transformation of one into the other. Serious issues – the changing adaptive mechanisms of man,
Chapter 2 – THE CONCEPTS OF ALCOHOL USE, ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE by A.B. Mamman
Introduction Alcohol related problems have become an increasing cause of concern the world over. Data drawn from a variety of studies indicate that the growth in the consumption of alcohol in some African countries has been much more rapid than in most other countries of the world. The world Health Organisation (WHO) believes that this situation is likely to generate