Assessment of drug addiction and trafficking among secondary school students in ikenne local government area of ogun state, nigeria

Author : Adebimpe, adefunke taiwo & awodiji, omotayo adewale

Keyword : Drug addiction, trafficking, involvement, secondary and school

Subject : Social sciences

Article Type : Original article (research)

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Abstract : The worrisome situation that has drawn the concern of the researcher is that drug addiction and trafficking among youths. This study examined the assessment of drug addiction and trafficking among secondary school students in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and the sample size comprised 300 secondary school students randomly selected across Local Government Area adopting multistage sampling technique. The research instruments used for this study were self-designed titled: Drug Addiction and Trafficking Questionnaire (DAATQ). Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses formulated. It was found out that the level of students’ involvement in drug addiction and trafficking was high at 𝑥̅=3.09 while students’ level of taking drugs to school was ranked 1st at 𝑥̅ =3.5.There was a statistically significant difference between male and female secondary school students involvement in drug addiction and trafficking. The study therefore recommended a collaborative approach by government, religions leaders, community leaders and educational managers to tackle the menace of drug addiction and trafficking among the secondary school students.

Article by : Omotayo Adewale AWODIJI

Article add date : 2020-12-17

How to cite : Adebimpe, adefunke taiwo & awodiji, omotayo adewale. (2020-December-17). Assessment of drug addiction and trafficking among secondary school students in ikenne local government area of ogun state, nigeria. retrieved from https://openacessjournal.com/abstract/503