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This work was developed in response to the increase in number of
youth abusing drugs. Prevention of drug abuse is important to the
health and socioeconomic stability of a country because the cost of
substance abuse affects the well being of the population in all
these aspects. In Kenya drug abuse contributes to rising health
care costs especially in the management of drug abuse complications
like alcoholism, drug addiction, diabetes, cirrhosis,
cardiovascular diseases, cancer and neo - natal disorders. This
descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Nyalenda Estate,
Kisumu East, Nyanza Province of Kenya on 383 youth drug users
selected purposively. The study employed both quantitative and
qualitative methods of data collection. The findings revealed that
age and sex of the respondents and knowledge of health effects of
abused drugs had an influence in drug abuse among the youth. The
commonly abused drugs were bhang, local alcoholic brew (chang'aa),
and tobacco. Although the youth knew the health effects of drug
abuse many of the youth did not associate the habit with common
medical conditions like heart problems among others.
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