Table 2.
Awareness, attitude towards and practice of respondents on substance abuse
| Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|
Ever received lectures on substance abuse at school |
||
| Yes | 209 | 83.9 |
| No | 40 | 16.1 |
|
Attitude towards substance abuse |
||
| Positive | 99 | 40.0 |
| Negative | 150 | 60.0 |
| Ever consumed alcoholic drink | ||
| Yes | 54 | 21.7 |
| No | 194 | 78.3 |
|
Types of alcoholic drinks ever consumed |
||
| Beer | 7 | 13.0 |
| Palm wine | 42 | 77.8 |
| Local gin | 5 | 9.3 |
|
Last episode of alcohol consumption |
||
| One day prior to the survey | 13 | 24.1 |
| Within one week ago | 10 | 18.5 |
| Within one month ago | 31 | 57.4 |
|
Overall history of substanceabuse |
||
| Yes | 31 | 26.3 |
| No | 87 | 73.7 |
| Types of substance ever abused | ||
| Caffeine | ||
| Cigarette smoking | 9 | 29.0 |
| Cocaine | 3 | 10.0 |
| Tramadol | 4 | 12.9 |
| Heroin | 12 | 39.0 |
| Cannabis | 3 | 10.0 |
| 0 | 0.00 | |
|
Last time any of the substances was abused |
||
| On the day of the survey | 7 | 22.6 |
| One day before the survey | 7 | 22.6 |
| Within the last one week | 8 | 25.8 |
| Within the last one months | 9 | 29.0 |
|
Who introduced you to the practice of substance abuse |
||
| Parents | 5 | 16.1 |
| Siblings/relatives | 4 | 12.9 |
| Friends | 20 | 64.5 |