Knowledge and Awareness of Psycho-Educational Effects of Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Bauchi State

Abstract

In recent time drug/substance abuse has received global attention among intellectual discourse. According to Drug Use in Nigeria 2018 Reports. Bauchi state is estimated that over 530,000 people have prevalence of drug use. The prevalence of drug/substance abuse among the youths and children is increasing which calls for attention. To assess the knowledge and Awareness of Psycho-Educational Effects of Drug Abuse among Students in Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria, to identify the level of students’ awareness on substances/drugs abuse, to assess the students’ knowledge on the impact of drugs/substances abuse to their health and educational pursuit. The research adopted mixed method of research. Data from the questionnaires will be stored on an Excel spreadsheet developed for the study. The data will be exported to IBM SPSS Version 23 for statistical analysis after data cleansing. The study revealed that, there is great impact of drug/substance abuse on human capital in areas such as school dropout brain disorder among others.