ubstance abuse Drug abuse Youths Prevalence Risk factors Ekosodin Benin City Questionnaire Descriptive survey research design Simple random sampling Data collection Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics

This study dealt on the Analyzing the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Substance Abuse Among Youths in Ekosodin, Benin City. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and examined. The sample size comprised of the 60 youths who live in Ekosodin. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. With the aid a simple random technique was used to select 20 people from Edo street 15 from JB 12 from Market road 13 from Primary school making it a total of 60 respondents. An analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The findings showed that high prevalence and risk factor of drug abuse amongst youths in Ekosodin. It was also concluded that the female population tend to abuse drugs more and face some risk attached to the abuse of that drug. It was therefore recommended that youths should make intentional effort to stop or avoid the abuse of drugs and parents should engage their children to understand what they are going through.