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THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY  The purpose of introducing this course into the College’s Curriculum is to enable the youth/adolescent to make good decisions about the use of drugs and alcohol having studied their good and bad effect on the human body, alcohol and other drugs are mostly used by youths in our various colleges and campuses. The decision to use alcohol and drugs such as Marijuana, ...

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KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the Study The use of drugs dates back into the pre-history of man.  Such drugs were used to relieve pain or cure and control diseases (Curew and Dibal, 1999).  Drugs as defined by the World Health Organization (1967) is any substance which taken by living organisms may modify the functions of living organism.  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC, 1999), ...

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