The Cost of Juvenile Substance Abuse and Addiction on Households and Communities in Nigeria, Can Guidance and Counselling be a Panacea?

Samaila Benedict Bahago dr PhD; Nehemiah Wokji Gotip; Uchenna Eucharia Enem; Augusta Ogechi Obi

doi:10.56583/frp.2707

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Číslo 20 (2024)

The Cost of Juvenile Substance Abuse and Addiction on Households and Communities in Nigeria, Can Guidance and Counselling be a Panacea?

Samaila Benedict Bahago dr PhD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-9824

Nehemiah Wokji Gotip

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-5997

Uchenna Eucharia Enem

Augusta Ogechi Obi

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2377-6483

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The study looked at the rising tides of juvenile substance abuse and addiction among young people in Nigeria as well as the financial toll that substance abuse and addiction take on the households and communities where addicts live. The main goal of the study was to determine whether such substance abuse addicts’ households incur any significant financial costs and whether there are other effects on their communities. It also sought to determine whether counselling can be beneficial for both substance abuse addicts and their households. The study’s design used the descriptive survey me- thod. The sample, which was made up of 600 parents of juvenile addicts from various cosmopolitan neighbourhoods in six States of Nigeria, was chosen at random from all the parents of addicts. The respondents were asked important questions using the validated Juvenile Substance Abuse and Addiction Economic Cost Consequences on Households and Communities Questionnaire (JSAAECCHCQ). The collected data were evaluated using mean and a t-test. The findings indicated that most parents of young substance abusers and addicts incurred statistically significant financial costs as a result. The study also demonstrated the financial costs and other effects that such drug abuse and addiction have on their communities. Considering the findings, suggestions were made for reducing drug use and addiction among young people in order to help many impacted parents and their communities.

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Benedict Bahago dr PhD, S., Wokji Gotip, N., Eucharia Enem, U., & Ogechi Obi, A. (2024). The Cost of Juvenile Substance Abuse and Addiction on Households and Communities in Nigeria, Can Guidance and Counselling be a Panacea?. Fides, Ratio Et Patria. Studia Toruńskie, (20), 222–249. https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.2707

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