Effect Of Drug Abuse On Matrimonial Home
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Effect Of Drug Abuse On Matrimonial Home
ABSTRACT
The primary goal of this study was to determine the impact of drug usage on marital households. The study specifically attempted to identify variables that contribute to increased drug consumption in households, determine the influence of drugs on the matrimonial home, determine the effect of drugs on consumer health, and determine the community’s reaction to the drug problem in society.
This study was done because, despite the well-known harmful impacts of drugs in society, people continue to abuse them. This has resulted in drug-related injuries, health problems and deaths, dangers to the matrimonial home, and both society and the government are responding.
A review of relevant literature revealed that drug misuse has a detrimental impact on the person and his health, the married household, and society as a whole. To have a better understanding of drug usage, social disorganisation and deviance theories were used.
The study followed a descriptive design and employed both probability and non-probability sampling approaches. This study’s data gathering techniques included a questionnaire and an interview guide.
The study discovered that the following elements encourage drug abuse: corruption, peer pressure, laziness, marital issues, media impact, and job-related stress. The study found that the most significant effects of drug use on the matrimonial home are domestic violence, marital issues, the sale of family property, and death.
In terms of drug abusers’ health, the study discovered that drugs cause: the development of a variety of health conditions such as cancers and drugs liver disease, the placement of a heavy burden of disease in society due to HIV/AIDS and other STIs contracted by engaging in careless sex while drunk, and injuries and accidents caused when working or driving while drunk.
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Since ancient times, herbs, roots, and bark leaves have been utilised to treat pain and control infections. According to history, the Chinese utilised opium to treat diarrhoea before the 18th century.
European countries such as Britain and Holland were known to trade opium cultivation in their colonies for tea and silk with China, according to the United Nations (1995).
Unfortunately, certain medications that give early effects such as a sensation of well-being, euphoria, tranquilly, and power have developed into a problem of reliance and abuse.
Drug misuse is a global problem that poses a serious threat to the lives of individuals, society, politics, and security in many countries. United Nations (2008). According to the United Nations (2005), the use of illicit drugs has increased over the world, and the global trend is rising availability of many different types of narcotics to an ever-widening range of consumers. A major source of concern is that children appear to be the new target market for the global drug industry. NAFDAC (2012)
Africa has not been immune to drug misuse among its youth. In recent years, the continent has seen an increase in drug production, distribution, and consumption, with young people and young adults being particularly affected. Africa has a large population of young and vulnerable people, making it a prime target for the illegal drug trade.
This represents (56) percent of the population aged 14 to 19 years, which includes secondary school pupils. According to the United Nations (2013), 82% of Ethiopian street children in Addis Abeba take drugs.
According to United Nations figures (2013), 37,000 people die in Africa each year as a result of drug-related disorders. The United Nations estimates that there are 28 million drug users in Africa.
According to an International Conference on Drug Abuse in Kampala (2013), young people in consumption countries are the most vulnerable segment of the population, particularly those in early and late adolescence, who are often unable to resist peer pressure and begin experimenting with drugs in or out of school.
However, drug use has recently been established as a risk factor for a wide range of community health, social, and economic issues. A World Health Organisation (WHO) assessment identified drugs as the cause of over 60 different types of diseases and accidents (WHO, 2000). Drug intake has been identified as the fifth leading risk factor, trailing only underweight, unsafe sex, blood pressure, and tobacco use (WHO, 2002).
Traditionally, the negative consequences of drug use have been associated exclusively with the acute immediate effects (states of intoxication) and the long-term repercussions of drug dependence (coming from chronic, compulsive, and long-term heavy use).
Numerous more common and regular public health repercussions, as well as social and economic consequences, have been overlooked by health experts and policymakers.
Drug intake, in a dose-response way, but particularly excessive usage and drug use disorders, raises the risk of getting tuberculosis and pneumonia, as well as the progression of tuberculosis and HIV.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
There are numerous undesirable side effects linked with drug use. Individuals who consume drugs are more likely to experience a wide range of effects, including problems such as: unwanted, unplanned, and unprotected sexual activity; social problems; physical and sexual assault; physical problems; problems at school;
legal problems; disruption of normal growth and sexual development; higher risk for suicide and homicide; drug-related car crashes and other unintended injuries; memory problems; drug abuse; changes in brain development.
Individuals are more inclined to engage in risky behaviours after ingesting drugs, endangering their lives as well as the safety of the general population in the vicinity.
According to a study undertaken by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug use is strongly associated to risky sexual behaviour and other social problems (CDC, 2006).
According to the CDC report, 33.9% of students nationally engage in sexual activity. It was also discovered that 23.3% of students who were determined to be sexually active had used drugs before to their last sexual encounter (ibid.).
According to studies, 27.9% of males were under the influence of drugs before their previous sexual intercourse, while 19% of females reported taking drugs or substances before their last sexual intercourse.
These rates were also discovered to be greater among Hispanic (25.6%) and White (25%), than among Black (14.1%) people (CDC, 2006).
These risky sexual habits have an impact on individuals’ well-being and increase the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS, as well as unexpected births. Unplanned pregnancy has the potential to result in foetal drug spectrum disorders, which are a leading cause of mental retardation, with serious consequences for the social development of individuals in particular and society as a whole (Jones & Smith, 1973).
According to studies, adolescents who engage in underage drinking are at a higher risk of having structural and functional changes in the course and process of their brain development.
Furthermore, animal studies have shown that binge drinking, particularly among adolescents, has a significant negative impact on human memory and motor function. Drug use also has a deleterious effect on the frontal cortex.
Damage to the frontal cortex was also found to have a major impact on the development of self-regulation, problem solving, judgement, reasoning, and impulse control (Rodd et al. 2004).
Many studies have been conducted in industrialised nations on the socioeconomic effects of drugs; this study aims to contribute to Nigeria’s knowledge and information base on the subject by examining both the family as a unit and rural society as a whole.
Furthermore, Eastern Nigeria, particularly Imo State, is infamous for its drug problem; as a result, the effects of drugs are more severe, and a comprehensive assessment of the subject would be beneficial.
As a result, this study would best address the knowledge gap about why drugs have become an issue in society, as well as the impact of drugs on the health and wellbeing of rural Nigerians.
This study was aimed to look into drug usage and its impacts on matrimonial households, including the impact on the family, consumer health, and what society is doing to address it.
1.3 Research Questions.
Why have drugs become such an issue in society?
How do drugs damage the matrimonial home?
How do medicines effect the health of their users?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
General Objective
To investigate the effects of drugs on marital families.
Specific Objectives
The study aimed to achieve the following specific objectives:
To determine the elements that contribute to increased drug consumption in households;
To assess the impact of drugs on the matrimonial home;
To determine the impact of medications on the health of consumers;
1.5 Significance of the Study
In recent years, much has been written and said about how people (men, women, and youth) in Nigeria have consumed drugs excessively, resulting in a reduction in their socioeconomic well-being and increased poverty levels in the country. (Mwai, 2004).
Drugs are one of society’s biggest concerns; the consequences of this disease are severe, resulting in deaths, visual and physical disability, among other things. Drugs can cause cancer in the stomach, kidneys, and liver. Furthermore, the medicine changes the digestion of nutrients that the body requires to maintain health.
Drugs also cause serious damage to neurones, which results in changes in bodily motions, lack of appetite, and depression. Other consequences in the body include gastritis and cirrhosis of the liver. All of these physical repercussions could lead to death if the drug is consumed in large doses.
Furthermore, many people become accustomed to using drugs and are prone to abusing them, exacerbating the problem. Drugs have a negative impact on family peace, resulting in dramatic breakups.
As a result, the need of educating people about the negative effects of vice on communal welfare, particularly in the married home, cannot be overemphasised.
As a result, the negative impacts of drugs have spurred this study, whose primary goal is to determine the social and economic consequences of drugs.
This project was prompted by: continued drug abuse, numerous blindness cases, family break-ups, drug-related diseases, and the resulting deaths, as well as a sociologist’s desire to empower people against drugs by providing relevant information on the vice’s effects on society.
1.6 Scope of the Study
Conceptually, the study is limited by the elements that encourage drug intake, the impact of drugs on the matrimonial home, and the consumer’s health. Furthermore, the study focusses on what society does at the local and national levels to combat the drug problem.
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