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NIGERIAN YOUTHS AND DRUG ABUSE
Abstract
This paper focuses on the problem of drug above among the youth, and calls for a combined effort in the prevention of drug abuse. Prevention of drug use aims to help people, not only those of younger age, to avoid or delay the initiation of use of psychoactive substances, or, if they have already started, to avert the development of harmful use and substance use disorders. Effective prevention involves the positive engagement of children, youth and adults with their families, schools, workplace and community. To maximize the utilization of resources for effective and science-based prevention interventions the UNODC International Standards on Drug Use Prevention provide the necessary guidelines. The evidence suggests that among the different prevention programmes, those with a focus on parenting, families, and life skills education at different levels of children’s development (i.e. infancy, early and middle childhood, adolescence and adulthood), and their needs are more effective than other interventions. Efforts to support the prevention and treatment of drug use also include providing people who use drugs with the necessary knowledge and skills to prevent overdoses. Keywords: Drug abuse, Youth, Nigeria, Prevention, International Standard