PERCEIVED CAUSES, EFFECTS AND PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

This study was conducted to find out the Perceived Causes, Effects and Prevention of Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Egor L. G. A, Edo State. To therefore achieve the purpose of the study, three (3) research questions and three (3) hypotheses were raised and analyzed. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The sample size for the study was hundred (100) students. The Research instrument was a self-structured questionnaire with Secton A and B. Section A seeks to elicit responses on the socio-demographic character of respondents, while Section B seeks to elicit responses on Perceived Causes, Effects and Prevention of Drug Abuse. The instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisor and two experts in the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education (H.S.E.), Faculty of Education. To determine the reliability of the instrument, the internal consistency reliability was adopted. In this vein, twenty (20) copies of the instrument were administered to the respondents who were not part of the target population.