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among teenagers and young adults, this study examined age groups (table 4.1) up to 30. Table
4.1's values demonstrate that men are more prone than women to abuse illegal drugs. The age
range between 21 and 30 had the highest participation rate (61.43%), with a mean age and
standard deviation of 22 24.7506. This backs with the findings of UNODC, 2018, and it implies
that the students used as the case study are also impacted by these findings. Students from all
levels participated, although the 300l (28.75%) and 400l (47.14%) levels had the largest incidence.
The majority of participants were also Muslims (62.14%) and Hausa (36.43%) by ethnicity. This
supports a previous study's findings, which showed that the prevalence of lifetime use of
psychoactive substance was 47.4% and the prevalence of current use of multiple substances was
54.6% in Kano state, Nigeria. Youths in northern Nigeria, followed by why these students are
buoyant enough to afford these illicit substances that they consume without the knowledge of their
parents; especially with the fact that majority of these students belong to the medium economic
class (73.57%) and high economic class (18.57%)This also justified by the response of 32.85%
who signified that illicit drugs are not forbidden by law (table 4.2). Even though 50.71% accepted
that illicit drugs have caused considerably high level of death and chronic ailments, 27.86% and
22.14% of them didn’t agree that consumption of illicit drugs are detrimental to renal health nor
mental health respectively.
However, table 4.2 still shows that 95% of respondents concur that using illicit substances in
moderation is okay but that they shouldn't be overused, and that 68.57% concur that using them
also leads to addiction and dependence on the drug. As a result, this can be aligned with figure
4.1, which indicates that overall, 77.43% of people have good understanding of illicit drug usage
whereas the remaining 22.57% have bad knowledge. This might also be seen as praise for the
administration at Lead City University, who have consistently taught students and made it clear
that drug misuse is unacceptable. The fact that 47.14% of respondents in table 4.3 said that being
familiar with illicit drugs is an admirable trait and that illicit drugs are not harmful in any way
(70%) while also saying that having favorites among the common illicit drugs is necessary
demonstrates how many young people have turned to the unthinkable for exploration and fantasy.
However, the majority of respondents disagreed when they said that eating snacks laced with
illegal substances was bad (61.43%) and that hallucinations and other drug-related experiences are
not cute (70.71%).
Many policies have been implemented by the school to conduct arbitrary drug tests on suspected
individuals at unscheduled times in an effort to curb youthful exuberance and fantasy. However,
this is evident from the results of this study, where figure 4.2 states that 57.36% of respondents
have a positive attitude toward illicit drug use while the remaining 42.64% have a negative
understanding of illicit drug use. As more steps are implemented by the university administration,
this percentage will undoubtedly slant in the right direction. This is because figure 4.3 states that
72.86% of respondents have good perception towards illicit drug use while the remaining 27.14%
account for the few that the school needs to work on their attitude towards illicit drug use.
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