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decision making.
The abuse of drugs and other substances and associated crime have driven the considerable rise in
the number of youths imprisoned in recent years. A report by the United Nations Office on Drug
and Crime in Nigeria indicates that 14.4% (14.3 million) of people aged between 15- and 64-years
abuse drugs. The statistical analysis of the findings of a 2015 nationwide survey of 10,609
respondents showed that alcohol is the drug with the highest prevalence rate, whereas cannabis is
the most abused illicit drug. Drug abuse in Nigeria is prevalent across educational levels and
reaches down to the secondary school level.
With the high prevalence in use of illicit drugs or abuse of drugs among students and young adults
its necessary to carry out this study knowing fully well that students are known to be consumers of
these drugs, in order to ascertain whether they are equipped with the good knowledge, positive
attitude and proper perception against illicit drug use.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Description of study area
This study was carried out in Lead City University, Lead City University it is a private University
located in Ibadan, which is the Oyo state capital. The university submitted its application to the
National Universities Commission the year 2002. The Standing Committee on Private Universities
(SCOPU) conducted the verification and the final assessment visits in August and September,
2003, respectively. At the end of the assessment visits, SCOPU reported that the profile of the
Proprietor of Lead City University confirmed that it has the capacity and resources to establish a
private university.Thereafter, the university was "approved for immediate take off" by the Board
of NUC in December 2003 as a prelude to the ratification by the Federal Executive Council,
which was effected on the 16th of February, 2005.The University is populated with close to 4000
students. This university recently added more courses to their expertise which are Pharmacy and
Medicine. A descriptive cross-sectional study approach was adopted. this research project was
conducted. The study's participants were 140 undergraduate Lead City University students, both
male and female, who were housed in the school's dormitories. Systematic sampling was adopted.
In order to evaluate the data, the statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used.
Frequency tables, percentages, means, and proportions were utilized for the descriptive statistics
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