ABSTRACT
The principle of this aims at investigating the causes of drug abuse in Nyendo
ssenyanga Division secondary schools Masaka district.
The research applied inspection method that involved qualitative and
quantitative approaches of collecting raw data.
Ten questionnaires were sent to ten respondents who completed and returned
all of them to the researcher.
The respondents were randomly sampled. Frequency tables and pie charts
were used to assemble and analyze the raw data in percentages.
The major causes of drug abuse among secondary school students were found
out to be, psychological causes and these include, genetics, trauma, mental
illness, important disclaimers, reward, memory, choice among others. Social
causes include, peer pressure, easy access, poor self esteem, being distressed
emotionally, devil worship, sensitivity among others. Environmental causes
include, home and family, foreign pop culture, homelessness or hostile
environment, stress, witnessing violence among other causes of drug abuse to
secondary students. Therefore, there is need for the government and all stakeholders to join hands in order to assuage the concern of drug abuse in secondary schools.
VINCENT, M (2021). Causes Of Drug Abuse Among Secondary School Students In Nyendo-Ssenyange Division In Masaka District Uganda.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/causes-of-drug-abuse-among-secondary-school-students-in-nyendo-ssenyange-division-in-masaka-district-uganda
VINCENT, MPOZA "Causes Of Drug Abuse Among Secondary School Students In Nyendo-Ssenyange Division In Masaka District Uganda." Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/causes-of-drug-abuse-among-secondary-school-students-in-nyendo-ssenyange-division-in-masaka-district-uganda. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
VINCENT, MPOZA . "Causes Of Drug Abuse Among Secondary School Students In Nyendo-Ssenyange Division In Masaka District Uganda.". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/causes-of-drug-abuse-among-secondary-school-students-in-nyendo-ssenyange-division-in-masaka-district-uganda >.
VINCENT, MPOZA . "Causes Of Drug Abuse Among Secondary School Students In Nyendo-Ssenyange Division In Masaka District Uganda." Afribary (2021). Accessed April 25, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/causes-of-drug-abuse-among-secondary-school-students-in-nyendo-ssenyange-division-in-masaka-district-uganda