Drug abuse and risk behaviour among students of tertiary institutions in Kogi state, Nigeria

The study investigated drug abuse and risk behavior among students of tertiary institutions in Kogi State Nigeria. The study adopts descriptive research design. The population of the study consists of 42,055 students of tertiary institution in Kogi State. Simple random sampling procedure was used to select 500 respondents. A research instrument titled “Drug abuse and Risk Behaviour Questionnaire” (DARBQ) was used for the data collection. Four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment correlation. The hypotheses raised were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study reveals that Drug abuse has a significant relationship with violence, cultism and prostitution among students of tertiary institutions in Kogi State. The study recommends that Symposia, rallies, seminars and workshops should be periodically organized to sensitize the students of tertiary institutions on the dangers inherent in the illicit consumption of drugs, also there is need for parents to educate their wards on negative effect of drug abuse o their academic performance in school. Counseling psychologists should adopt appropriate therapy on drug abusers in order to produce expected positive behavioural changes in them.