ROLES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (NDLEA) IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUG AND SUBSTANCES ABUSE IN SOME SELECTED WARDS IN MAIDUGURI AREA OF BORNO STATE

The research study revealed that the educational background of youth in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council is poor this is one of the major factor responsible for the prevalence of substance use and abuse among youths in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and for the practice life healthy social lifestyle. This finding supports the findings of Njoku (1982) who observed that problems like poor educational background, poor are pone parental upbringing, social conflict, economic, distress and married relationship are reasons why young people are pone to drug abuse. This finding supports Udo et al (1987) as he outlined reasons why youth take drugs to include lack of awareness on the health implication of substance use and abuse that leads youth adults to curiosity and desire to experiment, and yield to peer pressure. It was also found that substance use and abuse is more common among youths and young individual in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. This findings support the findings of the national survey on drug use and health (NSDUH) of the United State of American in (2000) it reported that drug use is more prevalent among young individual and that more than 2.6 million youth worldwide aged 21 – 17 have used inhalant at least once in lifetime. Akogu (1999) findings which observed that drug use and abuse is common among young individual mostly within the aged of 12 – 21 this is because of the change they are experiencing with their body and the urge to be satisfy friends.