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This study is on drug abuse and its significant of counseling, it was carried out in selected students of government science
school in Obi Local Government of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. 60 participants were
randomly chosen for the study, 30 were males and 30 were females. Questionnaire
was used for data collection and the literature review revealed some causes of
drug addiction by the students which included parental influence, school
related factors, societal, peer-group effects and government factors. The first
result showed that there is not differences between female who attend
counseling than males who do not attend counseling clinic, chi-square, (786),
21.4p>0.05 insignificant, also second result showed that there is difference
in the performance of male and females drug abusers, t-test, t(-34) =73,
p<0.05 significant. It is therefore recommended that parent, teachers,
counselor religious leaders, law enforcement organization and interested
individuals should be involved in all measure to curb the menace of drug abuse
in the society especially the schools as the youth of today become a source of
sorrow to the family and society tomorrow.
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