Abstract: Youth are the most impressive and deeply involved in the social threat of drug abuse. However drugs abuse among the Muslim youths has dominated discussion in the Muslim society. The threat of drugs abuse among the Muslim society has reached a frightening magnitude and its spread every fibre in the Muslim society. Therefore the paper attempts to examine the drugs abuse and its effects to the Muslim society, its consequences and solutions to the Muslim society. Content analysis method of data collection was employed. The paper examined many issues including the phenomenon of Muslim youth and effects of frequent drugs abuse by the Muslim youth. Furthermore, it looked at the drug commonly abused by the Muslim youth, explained and trace the effects of taking drugs and other intoxicants, also explore ways of prevention and control drugs abuse, by Using Islamic values and beliefs can be beneficial in treatment of mentally ill Muslims, through incorporation of Islamic beliefs that help in drug adherence and modification of different psychotherapeutic techniques to suit Muslim patients. Such aspects provide the basis for specific guidelines in working with Muslim mental health clients. Finally it made some recommendations that if adopted it will curve the threat of drug abuse among the society.
Keywords: Drug, Youth, intoxicant, alcohol, society.
Title: DRUGS ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS TO THE MUSLIM SOCIETY
Author: IBRAHIM ALHAJI ABDULLAHI
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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