EXAMINATION OF RISK BEHAVIOR FROM HARD DRUGS (METHAMPHETAMINE "MKPURUMMIRI") AMONG THE YOUTHS

EXAMINATION OF RISK BEHAVIOR FROM HARD DRUGS (METHAMPHETAMINE "MKPURUMMIRI") AMONG THE YOUTHS [A CASE STUDY OF UMUNNEOCHI LGA]

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ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on he examination of risk behavior from hard drugs (methamphetamine "mkpurummiri") among the youths. using Umunneochi LGA as a case study. To achieve this, thee significant research objectives were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprises of syouths in Umunneochi LGA, Abia State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 112 respondents while 109 were received and 100 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and mean scores. The result of the findings reveals that the prevalence of methamphetamine consumption among youths in Nigeria is high. The findings also revealed that the consequences associated with addiction to methamphetamine consumption among youths in Nigeria include; suicide, personality disorders, infectious, and dental, diseases, epilepsy, depression, and changes in the eating pattern. In regard to the findings, the study recommends that Government should strictly enforce its existing laws against drug abuse through its regulatory agencies; drug testing in probation agencies should be used with sufficient frequency and randomness to identify and deter continued substance abuse; and program planning, development, and implementation should include all potentially affected persons, including agency administrators, line personnel, key juvenile justice stakeholders (e.g., judges, court administrators, prosecuting and defense attorneys), and important community representatives (e.g., substance abuse, mental health, and medical treatment providers)..
Keywords: Drug, Abuse, methamphetamine .

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of The Study
Substances misuse among youths has been investigated for a long time, with the aim of specifically identifying and studying interventions that will minimize drug use in this group(1). Information on the relationship between risk behavior and use of substances in the societal environments is necessary for the development of effective preventive programs and to promote environment that are free of drugs and the violence generated by them. The maturing of this idea comes up with the growing recognition on the researchersâ€™ part of the high prevalence of the health problems and attendent risks to society associated with drug use by adolescents and young adults. More precisely, drug use is one of the most controversial issues in the society [1, 2], and dependence on it can be recognized as an illness, and a sociopolitical and health problems worldwide [3]. The drug consumption pattern has recently changed in Iran and in west Africa precisely Nigeria. As a result, the young generation is willing to consume new drugs such as methamphetamine, crack, and heroin [4, 5]. Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug [6], which has become popular in Nigeria with the name of crystal. It is one of the most frequently abused substance, and its prevalence in Nigeria is over 5.2% of consumers [7]. Thus, the underreporting of drug use is a real problem [8-10]. Furthermore, the growth of methamphetamine consumption in the world [11] as well as in Nigeria has become an important problem for the health sector [12-14] at the individual and social levels [15, 16]. Ease of production, uncommon compounds, and different degrees of purity, low cost and high income, easy availability, simple and little needed equipment, the possibility of mass production, and difficulty in identifying laboratories make its trade very lucrative [17]. However, it can cause a lot of dangers, such as explosion, burns, lung burns and even cancer, for manufacturers and those who are near the places of production and exposed to waste[18-20].