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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Drugs, the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus expects you to study:
- 3. Drugs a. Meaning and types –stimulants, narcotics, hallucinogen, sedatives and ergogenic aids;
- b. Use, misuse and abuse;
- c. Causes and prevention of drug misuse and abuse;
- d. Effects of drug misuse, abuse and self- medication on the body.
- SECTION E: PHYSICAL FITNESS AND CONDITIONING PROGRAMMES S/N TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES
Study notes & guidance
Study Drugs using a recommended Physical and Health Education textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physical and Health Education, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Drugs, you should be able to:
- Define drug and state the types;
- Differentiate between drug misuse and abuse;
- State causes and prevention of drug misuse and abuse;
- Explain the effects of drug misuse, abuse and self-medication on the body. OBJECTIVES
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.