THE NIGERIAN FEDERATION AND ILLICIT DRUG BUSINESS AND CONSUMPTION: CASE STUDY OF LAGOS AND IMO STATES, FROM 1989-2015

Abstract

The present study highlights illicit drug businesses and consumption in Nigeria as a phenomenon that had intensified as far as early 1980s, its consumption and abuses has threatened human welfare and dignity, and this has brought about several negative effects and nightmares to the nation and the entire society. The internal challenges occasioned by drug-related problem revolve mainly around the illicit drug trafficking, production, local sales, distribution, consumption and abuses. This uncomfortable and ugly situation has continued to shape the illicit drug statues of Nigeria ever since. It is based on the recognition of this growing notoriety that the present study is set to analyse the issues concerning the Nigerian federation and illicit drug businesses and its consumption, using Lagos and lmo states as a case study. The study has adopted both the quantitative and qualitative approaches of research methodology. This leads to a discovery that links the various societal predicaments and vices to drug crime. The study however, concludes that the fight to eradicate drug businesses and consumption is not all about making stricter policies for Nigerians, but in introducing measures such as home-grown character-building and good morals that could affect the people’s psyche. Finally, the research recommends various ways which drug scourge could be managed