There were no epidemiological data on alcohol and drug use in
Nigeria, prior to the Second World War.In the 1940’s, the abuse of drugs, suchas amphetamine, phenobarbitone, pethidine, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and Cannabis were reported.
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In the 1960s, isolated reports of drug abuse problems,
were also reported by the few psychiatric hospitals at that time .
Subsequently, sporadic community surveys, such as the pioneering effort of
Odejide, who surveyed a rural community in Western Nigeria, emerged. This was followed
in 1988, by the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions’ (ICAA) study
in the urban and rural communities of five university towns in three, of the
current six geopolitical zones. Read more>>>>>>>>>
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