Assessment of Commonly Abused Substances among Youths in Secondary School of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to assess the commonly abused substances among youths in secondary school of Sagamu local government area, Ogun state. One hundred (100) students were sampled. Frequency count and simple percentage was used to analyze the demographic data of the respondents. The major findings are alcohol is the most common substance abuse, the reason for abusing substance abuse among students is to feel high, substance abuse affect the body system, substance abuse cause psychological, psychosocial and physical damages, substance abuse can lead to poor academic performance, students get involved in substance use through friends, use of substance leads to absenteeism in school and students get access to drugs in multipurpose shop. Recommendation were made based on the findings of this study that the teacher should be very observant to his/her students in other to report any misbehaviour and government should health education to the public through public media such as television, radio, newspaper and government should charge the manufacturing companies of these substances heavily so that their production rate will reduce.