Drug Abuse In Colleges: A Problem For The Authorities And Stakeholders

Drug Abuse in Colleges Name: Instructor: Institution: Date: Drug abuse in colleges and higher institutions of learning has continued to be a big problem for the authorities and stakeholders. Colleges constitute the biggest chunk of drug users, quite literally. This is due to the ever-increasing number of students getting initiated into the act daily. It raises a lot of questions about the reasons and how to stop or reduce the prevalence. There are various reasons as to why students abuse drugs so much. According to a study done by Palmer and others (2012), students end up taking these drugs in an attempt to fit into a certain clique of friends. This is basically peer pressure. Others do it because of the pressure that comes along with having to juggle between class assignments and part time jobs or even other activities. They therefore resolve to drug abuse as a way to cope up with the load. For others, drug abuse is basically out of the spirit of experimentation and exploration that comes along with the freedom of college (Palmer et.al, 2012). One simply wants to know how it feels to be high and intoxicated, or how a certain drug reacts with the body. Wadley (2014) notes that it is now upon the major stakeholders in colleges to make effor...