The Strategies for the Curtailing of Drug Abuse Behaviors among Youths in Yobe North, Nigeria

Abstract

‘Drugs are as important as food, water and air to man, yet harmful when abused or misused' It is apparent that the abuse of drugs constitutes a menace to the society and has a divesting effect on the youth of Yobe North, Yobe State and Nigeria at Large. It affects their future since they engage in the habit at transitional period of life between childhood and adulthood. The effects of Drug abuse have become endemic in our society to the extent that youths have also indulge themselves in drug abuse because of peer group influence and carelessness of their parents. They become stubborn and recalcitrant as they grow in the society. The main aim of this paper is to assess the main causes of drug abuse and to examine its major effects among youths in Yobe State and Yobe North in particular. The result shows that drug abuse affects the performance of students at school and the findings also revealed that its affect both male and female since they were all involved in the incidence of drug abuse.