Abstract: Substance abuse at any age can cause serious health effects, but teens who abuse drugs are at risk for negative consequences. teenager often experiment with a variety of activities and substance. unfortunately this experimentation can also lead to substance abuse and addiction. Teens who abuse drugs are more likely to struggle with addiction later in life and have permanent and irreversible brain damage. drug abuse plays a role in many major problem, such as drugged driving, violence, stress and child abuse. Hence, destructing the moral values of young generation. In our state Manipur, the problem of substance abuse is not new and almost everybody is aware of it. However it is not known how far the people are really aware of the problem, particularly substance abuse by adolescence. Thus there is an urgent need of conducting the awareness level of students towards substance abuse.
Keywords: Substance abuse, drugged driving, violence, students.
Title: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG THE STUDENTS OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF MANIPUR STATE (IMPHAL EAST AND WEST DISTRICT)
Author: THOKCHOM NIBEDITYA
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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