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Title:Drug abuse among Ghanaian students
Author:Danquah, S.A.
Year:1979
Periodical:Psychopathologie africaine
Volume:15
Issue:2
Pages:201-211
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:students
drug use
Abstract:Observations were made for a period of three years (1974-1977) on 462 Ghanaian university and secondary school students, aged 15 to 27, who had drug problems. Of the 462 cases only 8 (1.73%) were females. The results showed an increase in the number of reported drug cases from 1974 to 1977. The majority of the students had relatively high socio-economic backgrounds. Polydrug abuse in combination with alcohol was a popular trend apparently influenced by contact with western values. Treatment including supportive therapy was encouraging. Ref., tab., French sum.
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