3Ps Health Initiative International

Introduction The menace of drugs and substance abuse in Nigeria has reached a frightening proportion and it pervaded every fibre in the society. Youths are the most venerable and deeply involve group in the social menace of drugs abuse.  While globalization has opened opportunities for individuals and communities to increase wealth and spending, it has also widened access to previously restricted products across national boundaries including illicit drugs. Definitions Drug: In pharmacology, a drug is "a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.” Drug abuse: Drug abuse is an excessive and persistent self-administration of a drug without regard to the medically or culturally accepted patterns. Classes of drug and substance of abuse Stimulants: These are substances that directly act and stimulate the central nervous system. The major source of these comes from caffeine substance. N...