A Study on Awareness About Substance Abuse among School Going Male Adolescents of Coimbatore District

Adolescent boys are recognized as a vulnerable group to substance abuse. Substance abuse is a growing problem in India. Earlier considered to be a problem of street children, working children and trafficked children, it has now become a wide spread phenomenon affecting all segments of the society. Adolescents start on drugs for several reasons, from curiosity, recreation for pleasure, and as a need to cope with stress. The present study has the objective to study the biosocial profile and habit pattern of substance abusers. The study was conducted on 200 male adolescents, students of 9th to 11th class from the four intermediate schools of the Coimbatore district. This study concludes that 64 of the respondents are having moderate level of awareness about substance abuse among school going male adolescents, 23 of the respondents are having high level of awareness about substance abuse among school going male adolescents and the remaining 13 of the respondents are having low level of awareness about substance abuse among school going male adolescents. Dr. P. Natarajan | Mr. Dhanasekar. S "A Study on Awareness About Substance Abuse among School Going Male Adolescents of Coimbatore District" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-5 , October 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd60006.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/60006/a-study-on-awareness-about-substance-abuse-among-school-going-male-adolescents-of-coimbatore-district/dr-p-natarajan