The Impact of Prevalence of Substance Abuse among Secondary School Students in Borno State, Nigeria

The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of substance abuse among senior secondary school students in Borno State. A total of students 3, 298 from all senior secondary school students in Borno State participated in the survey. A self-developed questionnaire with 42 items measured information on prevalence, of substance abuse, on a 5-point Likert scale. The items were first content validated by experts and pilot tested before being administered to the respondents. The data were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics and a factorial ANOVA of multivariate statistical analysis. The results of the study indicated that there is high prevalence in the consumption of substances like panadol, kolanut, paracetamol and septrin among senior secondary school students in Borno State. Significance: The finding has important implication on how secondary school students could effectively prevent the prevalence consumption of dangerous substances that alter their health Beside that that the findings will help promote campaign against the use of illicit drugs among the members of the public.