Prevalence of substance abuse amongst commercial vehicle drivers in Bariga and Gbagada motor parks of Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Substance abuse by vehicle drivers is a global problem that increases the incident of road traffic accidents and misconduct. The aim of the study is to identify the types of substance(s) abused by some commercial drivers in Bariga and Gbagada motor parks in Lagos metropolis and the reasons. Generic Multi-Drug Urine Dip Card Test Kit was used to test for the presence of ten psychoactive drugs and questionnaires were used to ascertain their sociodemographic. All the participants were male and 98.9% are Nigerians, 70.8% were married and 78.4% have secondary school education. Results showed that 75.1% of the participants consumed alcohol, 5.7% had taken other stimulants in recent times, 51 participants tested positive to at least one psychoactive drug, 47% of the participants revealed that they took respective substances to be energized whereas 35.1% took the substances for pleasure. There was a significant difference (P?0.05) between accident history and religion, excessive alcohol intake and driving, reasons why people abuse substances, marital status and psychoactive substance abuse (P?0.05). Reasons for substance abuse were significantly (P?0.01) different compared to and alcohol intake, alcohol intake frequency, and accident history. These findings may contribute to the increase in misconducts, sundry crimes and accidents on the roads.
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