• Ado Na'Iya Idris
• Muhammad Ayuba Hadejia
• Sani Saleh
• Magaji Haladu Idris
• Bashir Bashir

Antisocial behaviors attributed to the twin interchangeable concepts, drug or substance abuse, is a universal menace bedeviling the modern-day society, and academic institutions are no exception. Furthermore, students in these institutions being majority in their adolescent stage are prone to initiate or be engaged in this act (drug-abuse) and consequently involved in anti-socials behavior(s). Some anti-social behaviors are peculiar to academic environment, such as, late coming or skipping lectures, examination malpractice and cultism, to mention a few of the deviants. This research focused on the impact of drug-abuse on students’ social behavior in North-Western Universities of Nigeria. Four hundred and fifty-three (453) subjects were identified and questionnaires administered-on, based on their willingness to participate, from three (3) North-Western Universities of Nigeria. Tactically, two (2) questionnaires were designed bearing in mind the specific roles of the respondents, viz, Students Drug Use Questionnaire (SDU) and Anti-social Behavior Influence Questionnaire (ABIS). The raw Data generated were analyzed with mean and standard deviation, one-way analysis of variance and simple regression statistics hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance described using frequency distribution analysis. Also, paired-samples t-test statistics were used to test the two null hypotheses. The study found that involvements in anti-social behaviors by students have significant relationship with drug-abuse and a combination of drugs abused. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used in describing and making inferential analyses.

drug; drug-abuse; anti-social behaviors

"Assessment Of The Impact Of Drug/Substance Abuse On Students' Social Behavior In North-Western Universities In Nigeria", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.c377-c389, March-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303244.pdf

"Assessment Of The Impact Of Drug/Substance Abuse On Students' Social Behavior In North-Western Universities In Nigeria", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no. ppc377-c389, March-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303244.pdf