Drug Abuse among In-School Adolescents in Nigeria

The most susceptible and deeply engaged group in the social menace of drug abuse are in school adolescents. However, in the mainstream media, drug abuse among school teenagers has lately dominated debate. In Nigeria, the threat of drug abuse has reached an appalling level and every fibre of culture has been penetrated. Teachers, parents, religious officials and other stakeholders have tried to identify the causes and methods to manage it. This emphasis the need for the vice to be curbed. This article therefore seeks to examine drugs abuse among in-school adolescents and the implications for counselling. It examined a range of topics such as the concept of drug abuse, drug abuse theories, causes of drug abuse among teenagers in schools, drug abuse impacts on school adolescents’ learning and investigated methods of preventing or controlling curved drug abuse. Finally, some recommendations were made that could help curb the threat of drug abuse among in-school adolescents in Nigeria if adopted.