An Investigation into The Effect of Drug Abuse Among Nigerian Adults; Strategies for Counseling

Abstract

This paper discussed the concept of drug abuse, types, causes, sign and symptoms, effect and strategies for
counseling. Adults prefer independent and autonomous life from that is free parental control, thereby engaging
in various criminal activities, such as stilling rapping, drug abuse, and cultism e.t.c that are dangerous to the
community, schools, homes and the nation at large. The effect of drug abuse among adults has been a stigma of
moral decadence, violence, assault, madness and murder. The problem of drug has been deep into mind of our
youth in our society. However, with effective counseling programme, the problems can be tackled also through
campaign against drug abuse by government and other non-governmental agencies. Drug control counseling
Centre should be established in every community and qualified health personnel should be employed to help
drug addicts by giving them special advice on how to go about withdrawal system. Drug awareness unit should
set up in all states by the Federal, State and Local government not to try people who use drug as criminal but to
help them solve their socio- psychological problems.