Mental health experts have dispelled the notion that there is a class difference in the increasing trends of drug abuse among youths in Nigeria.
“Biological is genetic and hereditary. Psychological is personality and psychological disorders, mental health disorders.“The social factors include the areas where they live, whether it’s a drug-prone area, the type of friends they have in schools – peer pressure. The list is inexhaustible.
“Now, the type of drugs that any of these adolescents or young adults abuse depends on the environment and the availability of such drugs in such environment. “For example, all these drugs are available almost everywhere but there are some that are peculiar to the slum. In the slum, you have alcohol in various types and concussions. And that is where you also see Indian Hemp of various types, of various combinations, and cannabis of various types and combinations.“However, there are some other drugs which are common now in the high brow areas like all these injectables, for example, that is where you see them injecting themselves.
“Some other expensive drugs are also available in the high brow areas such as cocaine and heroine. So you see that those people from environments where there is some degree of affluence are highly involved in all these. Where you have various sophisticated hubs and restaurants. So these are the places where you have these sophisticated drugs.All rights reserved.
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