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标题：Drug and Substance Abuse: A Rampant Issue?
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作者：Badariah Mohd Saad ; Badariah Mohd Saad ; Siti Ayu Jalil 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：11
页码：2099-2110
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i11/5575
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Transformasi Nasional 2050 (TN50), a new initiative of Malaysia to take the country to greater heights in 2050 would be strenuous if drug abuse among the younger generation in the country is becoming a serious concern. The upward trend recorded involves primary and secondary school children and also students from institutions of higher learning would disrupt the resilience of human capital of a nation. Thus, the increase in the number of drug addicts among youth and social problems relating to drugs which are on the rise is worrisome and needs to be curbed. This preliminary study is conducted to highlight factors such as knowledge on drugs, environment, lifestyle and law awareness of drugs are of importance that may have impact on drug and substance abuse among college students. Results:270 samples from seven (7) colleges were collected of which about 53 per cent of the respondents are female and the remainder 47 per cent is male. The reliability test of Cronbach alpha scored a highly preferable value of 0.788. Using a binary logistic regression analysis, four of the independent variables i.e. parent’s marital status and estimated family’s income are found to be significant at 5 per cent significance level. On the other hand, environment and law awareness are significant at 1 per cent and 5 per cent level of significance, respectively. Conclusion: This paper therefore concludes that marital status, family income, environment and law awareness are significant factors in explaining drug and substance abuse among youths.