Substance Abuse among undergraduate students. A study of Lagos State University Students

ABSTRACT

Substance

abuse is a social problem that has spread and increased rapidly in our

educational institutions even in secondary schools but especially among the

under graduate students in Nigeria, this social mal adaptation is considered an

issue of serious concern as it adversely affects the lives and performance of

students involved as well as the harmonious functioning of the entire structure

of the society the theoretical framework used in the study is
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">theory of

crime as basically the pursuit of self interest. Self interest and social

control theory the two names, Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi (1990),

are identified with general postulates that low self-control and social control

can combine to predispose someone to criminality.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE Content page1 - 2 Abstract3 CHAPTER ONE  1.1 INTRODUCTION4 - 7 1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM7 - 8 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS                                                    8 - 9 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY                                             9 1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY                                      9 1.6   SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY                  10 1.7 DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS                                            10 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW                   2.1 INTRODUCTION                                                     11 2.2 SUBSTANCE (DRUG)                                                    11 2.3 TYPES OF SUBSTANCE (DRUG)                              12 - 15 2.4 CAUSES OF SUBSTANCE USE                                  15 - 18 2.5 CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE USE                 18 2.6 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK                           19 - 20 CHAPTER THREE: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO INCIDENCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES 3.1 INTRODUCTION                                              21 3.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND                              21 3.3 The Study Population                                                  21 - 22 3.4 Sample Size and Sampling Procedures                              22 3.5 Research Instruments and Data Collection Method          22 3.6 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN                                              23 - 32 3.7   MATERIALS AND METHODS                                      32 - 33 CHAPTER FOUR : DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS  4.1 INTRODUCTION       34 4.2 DATA ANAYSIS        34 - 43 4.3 OBSERVATION AND DISCUSSION43 - 44 CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 SUMMARY 45 - 46 5.2 CONCLUSION 46 - 47 5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 47 - 48 BIBLIOGRAPHY48 - 49