Prevalence of Substance Use in a Sample of Ghanaian Adolescents Experiencing Parental Divorce

Addo, Bright; Mainoo, George Oheneba; Dapaah, Jonathan Mensah; Babayara, Michael N K

doi:10.1080/1067828x.2015.1056867

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“…Similarly, Kayembe et al (2008) found that 82% of street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo used marijuana, 63.5% used alcohol, and 3.8% used cocaine (Kayembe et al, 2008). Across the WCA subregion, similar or higher prevalence levels of substance abuse among senior secondary school adolescents have been reported, including in Ghana (Addo, Mainoo, Dapaah, & Babayara, 2016;Peltzer & Pengpid, 2018). The use of illicit drugs and psychoactive substance abuse among young people is associated with severe outcomes.…”

Section: Substance Use Disorders Among Young People In Wcamentioning

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West African Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways

2020

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