Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ403536
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Patterns of Adolescent Psychoactive Substance Use and Abuse in Benin City, Nigeria.
Pela, Ona A.
Adolescence, v24 n95 p569-74 Fall 1989
Used unobtrusive methods to collect data on substance use from 320 Nigerian partygoers aged 14 through 25. Found that adolescents tended to use following drugs in decreasing order of frequency: alcohol, cigarettes. stimulants, cannabis, and sedative-hypnotics. Polydrug use, especially of alcohol, stimulants, and cigarettes, was common. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Use, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Marijuana, Secondary Education, Smoking, Substance Abuse, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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