(1) The average age of first experimentation with drugs is 13, and for alcohol it is even younger. Drug use has been classified as a major problem for kids as early as fourth grade by the students themselves.
(2) Alcohol is the most widely used drug in Africa, precisely in Nigeria and also the third largest cause of death. Alcohol and tobacco use are a significant "risk factor" in heart disease and cancer. It accounts for over 50 000 deaths per year in this country alone.
(3) Alcohol and other drugs contribute to over 50 percent of all suicides and over 50 percent of all violent crimes.
(4) Over 60 percent of admissions to emergency rooms are either directly or indirectly due to drug or alcohol usage.
(5) Over 50 percent of all traffic accidents involve the use of drugs or alcohol, with many of these being fatal.
(6) It is estimated that drugs and alcohol
are a factor in at least 80 percent of domestic violence incidents.
(7)
Alcohol and drug use contributes to 60 percent of all sub-standard job
performance and at least 40 percent of all industrial accidents.
(8) Alcohol and drug addiction are treatable. However, it is our most untreated disease in Nigeria today.
(9) More than 60 percent of college women who have contracted sexually transmitted diseases, herpes or AIDS were intoxicated at the time of infection.
(10) 28 percent of all college dropouts are alcohol users.
(11) Individuals between the ages of 16 and 34 are involved in more than one-third of all alcohol related traffic accidents.
(12) 95 percent of all college campus violence is alcohol related.
(13) More than 40 percent of all college students with academic problems are alcohol users.
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