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      <JournalTitle>International Journal of Engineering, Science and</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 7, Issue 5</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>May 18</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
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      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Engineering, Science and Mathematics</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE IN ANINRI L.G.A. OF ENUGU STATE FROM 2006 TO 2015</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
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      <FirstPage>177</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>192</LastPage>
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          <FirstName>OZOFOR</FirstName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <FirstName>NDIDIAMAKA M.</FirstName>
          <LastName>(Ph.D.)</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>BENSON</FirstName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>IKENNA</FirstName>
          <LastName>D.</LastName>
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      <Abstract>The study involved using statistical tools to analyse the prevalence of drug abuse in Aninri Local Government Area in Enugu State Nigeria (from 2006 - 2015). The particular interest is in the three highly abused drugs/ substances namely; cannabis sativa, heroin and cocaine. The data used were gotten from the security department of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).The statistical techniques used in analysing the data were chi-sqaure and time series, to achieve the objective of the study. The result shows that makes abuse drugs more than females; it also shows that cannabis sativa is the most frequently abused substance by people of ages 21 - 25. The study shows that drug abuse in independent on sex and age of the abusers. This was needful in making forecast for next two years</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>drug abuse, cannabis sativa, heroine, cocaine, seasonal variation</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://ijesm.co.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=5517&amp;title=STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE IN ANINRI L.G.A. OF ENUGU STATE FROM 2006 TO 2015</Abstract>
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        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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