Drug abuse is the use of modifying substances in dosage many times in excess of those used medically and over lengths of time that cause damage to the individuals, society or both. Most of the studies reviewed, showed that secondary school students in Nigeria use drugs. ...
The Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete, has stated its readiness to partner the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the war against drug abuse. Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Mustapha Akanbi stated this when receiving the award of War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) Am...
Kyari, who is a former head of the Intelligence Response Team IRT of the Nigeria Police Force, is being prosecuted by the NDLEA He and four members of the IRT – ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba and Inspector John Nuhu are charged with conspiracy to deal in...
Compliance to international ethical and regulatory research standards has been questioned leading to the evolution these standards. In this context, Pfizer failed to adequately protect children with meningitis in its Nigeria study in 1996 [13,14]. In addition, TeGenero went bankrupt after their first...
In 2015, Indonesian authorities movedVeloso to an island prisonwhere she and eight other drug convicts were scheduled to be executed by firing squad despite objections from the convicts' home countries, including Australia, Brazil, France, Ghana and Nigeria. ...
Nigeria 1 (1%) Multiple countries 4 (5%) Sample size 200–500 22 (28%) 501–1000 13 (17%) 1001–10 000 19 (24%) 10 001–100 000 14 (18%) 100 001–1 000 000 7 (9%) >1 000 000* 3 (4%) Outcome† Adverse drug event 45 (58%) Cardiovascular 7 (9%)...
In our case, a correlation between gangrene and a patient with a history of cocaine abuse undergoing methadone substitution treatment has been highlighted. The patient was also affected by HCV-related chronic liver disease. The pathogen involved is both aerobic and anaerobic, gram-negative and gram...
The Government of Nigeria already has the necessary infra-structures and only needsto recognize the seriousness of the problem and make it a national priority.doi:10.1016/S0033-3506(84)80105-5A.O. DemehinElsevier LtdPublic HealthDemehin, A. 1984. Drug abuse and its social impacts in Nigeria...
Drug Abuse amongst Tertiary Institution Students and Security Challenges in Cross River State, Nigeriadoi:10.47001/IRJIET/2023.708002Ogon, Sunday OffumNkanu, Benedict EtahInternational Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering & Technology
This paper identifies commonly abused drugs in Nigeria, tells why they are abused, describes their abusers, their effects on library resources, and discusses some possible solutions to the drug problem in libraries. A more universal applicability of these measures is anticipated....