AWARENESS LEVEL OF HEALTH CONSEQUENCIES OF ILLICIT DRUGS USE AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SAPELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, DELTA STATE
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This study was prosecuted to assess the awareness level of Salient and long-term effects of illicit drug use among Junior secondary students. Sapele, Delta State Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design using The structured questionnaires were administered to one hundred and forty-two (142) respondents comprising both males and females which were randomly selected from different Classes of the Schools. The data were analyzed using regression, percentages and mean. statistics. Most (67.03 %) of the students were in the age bracket of 10–16 years with more than half ( 55.25 %) Being females and they were mostly (95.34 %) Christians. It is therefore recommended that continuous usage of the important sources of information accessed by the students should be sustained and the students should also be encouraged to also access print media and friends, but should be careful with the information they received from such friends Health consequences, Illicit Drug, student, secondary school Awareness Level.
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