Drug Abuse In The Family And Learners’ Risk Of School Failure. (a Case Study Of Bumasheti Sub-county Bududa District

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate on the drug abuse in the family and learners’ at risk of school failure.(A case study of Bumasheti sub-county Bududa district of Uganda. The following objectives guided the study; to investigate on the causes of drug abuse among pupils on their academic performance; to examine the effects of drug abuse towards academic performance and to find out measures put in place to control drug abu~e in secondarjr schools in Uganda. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used and respondents were picked at random. Findings revealed that majority of th…