Open AccessPsycho-active substance use among in-school adolescents in Zaria, North western Nigeria: What are the triggers?
Author(s) -
SH Idris,
MN Sambo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i3.51191
Subject(s) - psychoactive substance , medicine , chi square test , statistical significance , demography , protective factor , public health , environmental health , descriptive statistics , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , nursing , sociology
Psycho-active substances have been used by various societies since the dawn of civilization, and still remain a major public health concern in the 21st century. Evidence has shown that in the last 2 decades in Nigeria, adolescents are a major group involved in the use of psychoactive substances. The study was carried out to determine pattern of use and the push factors for such use among in school adolescents in Zaria, Nigeria.