Marijuana, popularly known as ‘weed’, ‘gbana’, Indian hemp or Cannabis Sativa, is frequently abused by undergraduates in tertiary institutions, and like most abused substances, it affects them, impacting negatively on their academic performances. A 300Level student, Ehiogu Michael, studying Economics, said: “Smoking for me has a bad side effect, but it’s very difficult for me to stop it. This is because I’m addicted to it. I started smoking after I gained admission into the university. I was influenced by friends.
I don’t read because even if I do, I wouldn’t remember what I had read. When I smoke, everything in my head disappears. I don’t go to classes at all and I only go when tests or examinations start. Sometimes, I wouldn’t know what to write in the examination hall, which led to carryovers for me.”
Michael explained that every time he wants to smoke, he would mix cannabis into his food. He had been praying to God to help him to stop smoking, but it had been difficult. A 200Level student of the Oduduwa University, who wishes to be addressed simply as ‘Dapo’, said: “When I smoke weed, it affects me academically and there are some other parts that smoking also affects. Whenever I smoke, it gets me high and when I get high, it causes damage to my body and I know it.” Dapo also said: “I’m so addicted to smoking to the extent that I can’t do without it.
I can’t go a day without smoking it and I can’t do anything, not even…
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Marijuana, popularly known as ‘weed’, ‘gbana’, Indian hemp or Cannabis Sativa, is frequently abused by undergraduates in tertiary institutions, and like most abused substances, it affects them, impacting negatively on their academic performances. A 300Level student, Ehiogu Michael, studying Economics, said: “Smoking for me has a bad side effect, but it’s very difficult for me to stop it. This is because I’m addicted to it. I started smoking after I gained admission into the university. I was influenced by friends.
I don’t read because even if I do, I wouldn’t remember what I had read. When I smoke, everything in my head disappears. I don’t go to classes at all and I only go when tests or examinations start. Sometimes, I wouldn’t know what to write in the examination hall, which led to carryovers for me.”
Michael explained that every time he wants to smoke, he would mix cannabis into his food. He had been praying to God to help him to stop smoking, but it had been difficult. A 200Level student of the Oduduwa University, who wishes to be addressed simply as ‘Dapo’, said: “When I smoke weed, it affects me academically and there are some other parts that smoking also affects. Whenever I smoke, it gets me high and when I get high, it causes damage to my body and I know it.” Dapo also said: “I’m so addicted to smoking to the extent that I can’t do without it.
I can’t go a day without smoking it and I can’t do anything, not even…
