Attitude of Commercial Drivers to Drug Abuse: A Case Study of Commercial Drivers in Osun State Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the attitude of commercial drivers in Osun state to drug use, two hundred participants were selected for the study and data was obtained from them using a self-designed instrument which has a reliability coefficient of 0.78. The socio cultural theory of substance abuse was used as the theoretical framework for the study and relevant literature were discussed the data generated from the data were analyzed by frequency and percentage frequency of respondents to the items on each of the items on the questionnaires. Result showed that 90% of respondents are into some form of drug use , 60% of respondents got the habit from peers and 40% got it from parents , result further showed that 60 % use substance because of the nature of their job , while 25% use it because of the want to face situation where they cannot face ordinarily. Study recommended that government should provide more jobs, build stronger institutions and enact stronger law to tackle drug abuse. While the study recommend that parents should watch their children more closely.