Social factors influencing drug and substance abuse among secondary school students of Manyatta Division, Embu North District-Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the social factors influencing drug and substance abuse among secondary school students ofManya1ta Division Embu North District, Eastern province Kenya. Drug abuse is a major concern not only in Kenya but also in the entire world. Studies done in Kenya show that drug abuse is rampant in secondary schools but they have not dealt with social factors influencing drug and substance abuse among students which this study attempted to examine. There were four objectives that guided this study; to examine the extent to which parental care, peer pressure, community influence and easy availability of dugs influences students’ drug and substance abuse.