title: Alcohol abuse among high school students in Benin City, Nigeria.
abstract: Data on alcohol practices and reasons for drinking alcohol were collected from a sample of 500 high school students in Benin City, Nigeria. By means of frequency and percentages of responses to items relating to alcohol practices and reasons for drinking alcohol, results showed that among the 87 per cent of students who indicated that they drink, many students (about 40 per cent or more) reported a pattern of drinking practices and reasons for drinking alcohol that indicated a high degree of alcohol abuse.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D013334:Students