The Determinants of Drug Abuse Among the Adolescent Youth of Mukono District
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2023-09-21
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Uganda Christian University
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This study investigated the determinants of drug abuse among adolescents in secondary schools in Mukono municipality. Specific objectives were (i) To investigate the prevalence of drug abuse among adolescents in secondary schools in Mukono Municipality, (ii) to establish the determinants of drug abuse among adolescents in secondary schools in Mukono Municipality and (iii) to assess the strategies in place to address drug abuse among adolescents in secondary schools in Mukono Municipality. A cross sectional research design was adopted with a mixed method data collection approach. Quantitative data was collected from 90 students and qualitative data from ten (10) key study participants using the questionnaire and interviews. Data was analyzed using the SPSS-Parson Correlations Product Moment and thematic analysis for quantitative and qualitative data respectively. Findings indicated that the drug abuse prevalence was at 94.4% among the adolescents in school; family background, environmental, peer pressure determined drug abuse among adolescents and different strategies were provided to address the problem of drug abuse. It was concluded that the prevalence was high at 94.4%; peer pressure, family background and the environment influenced drug abuse; counseling, rehabilitation and treatment can be used to deal with drug abuse. The study recommends daily counseling as a way to reduce this phenomenon and improve students’ behavior in education institutions, as well as advising students to take drugs/alcohol lightly while in school and at school and the government through the Ministry of Education and Sports should impose strict laws about alcohol selling in Uganda among mostly to the adolescents in school
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This is a dissertation.