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AFRICAN JOURNAL AFRICAN VOLUME 16 ISSN 1531-4065 of DRUG and ALCOHOL STUDIES NUMBER 1 2017 VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 2007 JOURNAL AFRICANAFRICAN JOURNAL JOURNAL Contents of of Composition of surrogate alcohol from South-Eastern Nigeria. ..................... 65 Obiora S. Ejim, Bruna Brands, Ju¨rgen Rehm, & Dirk W. Lachenmeier OF DRUG DRUG DRUG Relationships of drinking behaviour, gender, and age with self-reported alcohol-related and and problems in Namibia............................................................... 75 Heli Mustonen AND ALCOHOLALCOHOL STUDIES STUDIES Field tales of hazardous home brewed alcoholic beverages: the case of Selebi Phikwe, ALCOHOL Botswana....................................................................... 89 Joseph M. N. Pitso In this issue: A conversation with Alan Haworth .............................................104 STUDIES In this Issue List of published articles, 2000–2007...........................................113 FAMILIAL DRINKING HABIT, EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND ALCOHOL USE Announcements..............................................................118 PATTERN OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AT A DRUG DE-ADDICTION UNIT ABSTINENCE SELF-EFFICACY IN ALCOHOL USE In Memory of Olabisi Odejide.................................................119 HARMFUL USE OF ALCOHOL AMONG UNDERGRADUATES Acknowledgements ...........................................................120 VOLUME ACNEIFORM LESIONS IN A FEMALE DRUG USER PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES IN DRUG CONTROL POLICY 6 NUMBER 2 2007 ISSN 1531-4065 CRISA P U B L I S H E D B Y Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse Job #113977 AFRICAN JOURNAL AFRICAN of DRUG and ALCOHOL STUDIES VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 2007 VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 2007 JOURNAL AFRICAN JOURNAL Contents of Composition of surrogate alcohol from South-Eastern Nigeria. ..................... 65 Obiora S. Ejim, Bruna Brands, Ju¨rgen Rehm, & Dirk W. Lachenmeier OF DRUG DRUG Relationships of drinking behaviour, gender, and age with self-reported alcohol-related and problems in Namibia............................................................... 75 Heli Mustonen AND ALCOHOL STUDIES Field tales of hazardous home brewed alcoholic beverages: the case of Selebi Phikwe, ALCOHOL Botswana....................................................................... 89 Joseph M. N. Pitso In this issue: A conversation with Alan Haworth .............................................104 STUDIES Surrogate alcohol from Nigeria List of published articles, 2000–2007...........................................113 Gender, age and drinking problems in Namibia Announcements..............................................................118 Hazardous home brewed alcohol in Botswana In Memory of Olabisi Odejide.................................................119 A conversation with Alan Haworth Acknowledgements ...........................................................120 VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 2007 ISSN 1531-4065 CRISA P U B L I S H E D B Y Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse Job #113977 AFRICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL STUDIES PURPOSE AND SCOPE The African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies is an international scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the African Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA). The Journal publishes original research, evaluation studies, case reports, review articles and book reviews of high scholarly standards. Papers submitted for publication may address any aspect of alcohol and drug use and dependence in Africa and among people of African descent living anywhere in the world. The term “drug” in the title of the journal refers to all psychoactive substances other than alcohol. These include tobacco, cannabis, inhalants, cocaine, heroin, prescription medicines, and traditional substances used in different parts of Africa (e.g., kola nuts and khat). EDITORIAL AND MANAGEMENT TEAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITORS Prof. Isidore Silas Obot Dr Neo Morojele Centre for Research and Information Medical Research Council on Substance Abuse (CRISA) Pretoria, South Africa E-mail: [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Dr Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye DEPUTY EDITORS Makerere University West Africa Kampala, Uganda Professor Hope Obianwu E-mail: [email protected] Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Nigeria Dr Andrew Zamani Psychiatric Hospital Southern & Central Africa Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria Professor Charles J. Parry E-mail: [email protected] Medical Research Council Cape Town, South Africa MANAGING EDITOR E-mail: [email protected] Akanidomo J. Ibanga, CRISA E-mail: [email protected] Eastern Africa Prof. David M. Ndetei EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS University of Nairobi Pam Cerff, Cape Town, South Africa Nairobi, Kenya Danjuma Ojei, Jos, Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Francophone countries Dr Reychad Abdool, Nairobi, Kenya Prof. Baba Koumare Dr O.A. Ayo-Yusuf, Pretoria, South Africa Hopital Point G Prof. Moruf Adelekan, Blackburn, UK Bamako, Mali Dr Yahyah Affinih, New York, USA E-mail: [email protected] Prof. E. E. O. Alemika, Jos, Nigeria Dr Pascal Bovet, Seychelles Rest of the world Prof. Layi Erinosho, Abuja, Nigeria Prof. James T. Gire Prof. A.J. Flisher, Cape Town, South Africa Virginia Military Institute Dr Axel Klein, London, UK Lexington, VA, USA Prof. Hope Obianwu, Benin, Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] D. A. Pritchard, Swaziland AFRICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL STUDIES Volume 16, Number 1, 2017 CONTENTS Harmful use of alcohol among Nigerian undergraduates: the influence of alcohol-risk perception, religiosity and gender ................................... 01 Prisca O. Obierefu The role of alcohol abstinence self-efficacy in alcohol use: a cross-sectional survey of Ghanaian undergraduate students ..................................... 11 Franklin N. Glozah, Joyce Komesuor, Nana Ama Takyibea Adu and Felix K. Aggrey Pattern of substance abuse at the drug de-addiction unit of a Nigerian psychiatric hospital ......................................................................................... 23 Ngozi N. Unaogu, Justus U. Onu, Obiora Iteke, Kabiru Tukur, and Ihuoma Q. Oka Acneiform lesions in a female performance and image-enhancing drug user: the first African case report ......................................................................... 33 Ncoza C. Dlova & Dominic Sagoe Familial drinking habit, emotional stability and alcohol use in a sample of male and female adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria ....................................... 37 Abiodun M. Lawal Prioritizing public health responses in Nigerian drug control policy ............................. 49 Ediomo-Ubong E. Nelson, Isidore S. Obot & Okokon O. Umoh Abstracting/Indexing services: The journal is indexed/abstracted by the following services: Addiction Abstracts, African Journals Online (AJOL), DrugScope, Applied Social Sciences Index, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Scopus, Embasse, and PsycINFO. African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies, 16(1), 2017 Copyright © 2017, CRISA Publications HARMFUL USE OF ALCOHOL AMONG NIGERIAN UNDERGRADUATES: THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL-RISK PERCEPTION, RELIGIOSITY AND GENDER Prisca O. Obierefu London Metropolitan University London, United Kingdom ABSTRACT This study investigated the role of alcohol risk perception, religiosity and gender in harmful use of alcohol using a sample of Nigeria undergraduates. The study participants comprised of 501 undergraduate students (340 males and 161 females) between the age of 18 and 27 years, with the mean age of 23.14 years. Participants completed a measure of the augmented CAGE questionnaire, alcohol-risk perception scale, and the religiosity scale. Linear regression showed that males are more likely to abuse alcohol than females (β= -.17; t = -3.47; P < .01). Also, alcohol-risk perception significantly predicted alcohol abuse (β= .14; t = 2.74; P < .01). However, religiosity did not significantly predict alcohol abuse. Results, implications of findings, and suggestions for further research were discussed. Keywords: Harmful use of alcohol, Alcohol-Risk perception, Religiosity, Gender, Nigeria INTRODUCTION among Nigerian youths and adults (Akin- dutire & Adeboyega, 2012; Yahasai. 2010; Substance use and abuse is a serious Yusuf, 2010). One reason for such high problem in Nigeria as in most other parts level of consumption is that in Nigeria, of the world. The early study of Obot and unlike illicit drugs, the purchase, posses- Olaniyi (1991) clearly depicted that a very sion, and consumption of alcohol are le- high proportion (91%) of the patients ad- gal for adults and for most, a part of their mitted in four Nigerian hospitals for drug everyday social fabric. Regardless of the related problems between 1984 and 1988 level of acceptance of alcohol use in the were aged below 39 years. Alcohol is one society, excessive use and abuse of al- of the substances with a very high level cohol causes serious problems affecting of social acceptance and consumption the psychological and physical health of Corresponding Author: Prisca O. Obierefu, School of Psychology, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected] OBIEREFU millions. According to the World Health substantially with age thirdly, individu- Organization (2011), 320,000 young peo- als with higher perceived risks were less ple between the ages of 15-29 die from likely to consume alcohol. Furthermore, alcohol-related causes each year. Overall, Patterson, Hunnicutt,