N.F. Essien

Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse, Nigeria

Aims: This study aimed to provide community-level perspectives on substance use, related health and social harms and utilization of treatment for substance use disorders in Nigeria. Methods: The study is based on descriptive-qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 2,787 key informants (e.g., police officers, heal...

Background Research on addiction recovery describes recovery as a process leading to cessation of drug use. Few researchers have explored alternative views of recovery, and the interplay of individuals’ agency and social context in the recovery process. This study explored situated understandings of recovery among cannabis users that emphasized pro...

This article reports qualitative interview study on commercial tricycle riders’ perceptions of psychoactive drug use and the risk of road traffic accidents in Nigeria. A purposive sampling method was used to recruit ninety four (n=94) commercial tricycle riders in Uyo, Nigeria. Data was collected through in-depth, individual interviews. Inductive a...

African Journal of Drugs and Alcohol Studies

The negative consequences of alcohol consumption on the drinker are well documented. Alcohol is the cause of many physical and mental health conditions and is associated with social problems affecting the drinker, the family and the society at-large. Nondrinkers also experience the impact of other people’s drinking though the extent of this experie...