The study examined curbing drug abuse among secondary school students through counselling strategies. Five research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The descriptive survey design was utilized for the study. A total of 225 teachers constituted the sample for this study. The population of the study comprised all school teachers’ teachers in Ukwuani, Delta State Nigeria. Consensus samplings method was used in the study since all the 16 public secondary schools in Ukwuani, Delta State constituted the sample size.
Drug abuse
Sales of Alcohol, Marijuana, Indian hemp and other dangerous herbs that can easily be purchased from unregistered drug vendors in the Community, especially in school surroundings encourage drug abuse. Similarly, failure of Government to strictly enforce its existing laws against drug abuse through its regulatory agencies is also a contributory factor to youths getting involved in drug abuse specifically, Secondary School students who will be our future leaders.