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Abuse of Psychotropic Drugs and Mental Health Challenges among the Youth of Port Harcourt, Rivers State Ernest, Ikuru Sampson(PhD); Asor, Asor Confidence
International Journal on Integrated Education Vol. 5 No. 5 (2022): IJIE
Publisher : Researchparks Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31149/ijie.v5i5.3055

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The abuse of psychotropic drugs among youths in Nigeria is now a common phenomenon with a negative impact on society. In many psychiatric hospitals in Nigeria, a lot of young people are undergoing drug addiction treatment. This is becoming a social problem in Rivers State. It is against this backdrop that this study was undertaken to appraise the psychotropic drugs and their consequences on the mental health of youths in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Structural questionnaires and oral interviews were used to collect data among parents, youths, and staff of NAFDAC and NDLEA. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed, but 330 were recovered from the field. Simple statistical techniques, which comprised percentage, mean, and standard deviation, were used for the data analysis. The outcome of the study shows that the majority of youths depend on drugs to achieve greater efficiency, acquire long lasting energy, and alertness. The study further reveals the negative implications in terms of mental health risk are depression, schizophrenia, daytime sleepiness, and anxiety disorder, etc. This paper, therefore, concludes that the use of psychotropic drugs by youths is real and is assuming an alarming rate in the city of Port Harcourt. The study thus recommends, among other things, a collaborative effort between parents, government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as drug regulatory agencies such as the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), to train and re-orient children and youths on the negative effects of psychotropic drug abuse on their mental health, society, and human dignity
Fake News and Radio Biafra between 1967 and 1970 in Nigeria: A Lesson for the Contemporary Media Industry in South-South Region Orlu, Chukwuemeka; Asor, Asor Confidence
International Journal on Integrated Education Vol. 5 No. 6 (2022): IJIE
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31149/ijie.v5i6.3244

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The Nigerian State was entangled with civil unrest following months of political instability in Nigeria and the massacres of Igbo people in the northern part of the country during the summer of 1966. On 30 May 1967, the Eastern Region (Biafra) unilaterally declared its independence, sparking a civil war that, combined with a tight economic blockade of the secessionist region and the logistical support of foreign powers, lasted three years and claimed the lives of more than three million people. The fight between Nigerian and Biafran soldiers lasted from 6 July 1967 to 12 January 1970, when Biafra surrendered. Throughout the struggle, notably between 1968 and 1969, the media from across the globe descended to Nigeria to cover it for their readers, with varying degrees of success. Despite constraints, Radio Biafra was able to chronicle the progress on the ground, the growing humanitarian disaster and rising fatalities, the armaments race and the political landscape, and ultimately accomplished their goal of raising international attention to Nigeria. This study, based on Radio Biafra, critically assessed the prevalence of fake news with unreliable sources contributing to the confusion and a proliferation of unreliable pieces of news in the contemporary Nigeria and the lessons for media houses operating in the South-South region.
Co-Authors Ernest, Ikuru Sampson(PhD) Orlu, Chukwuemeka