[01] bdalla Hasballa Elmanna, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Albaha City, Saudi Arabia. [02] Ali Khalaf Ahmed Albaggar, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Albaha City, Saudi Arabia. [03] Isamedin Mohamed Taha, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Albaha City, Saudi Arabia.

Drug addiction is the continued compulsive use of drugs despite adverse health or social consequences [1] This descriptive study survey, aimed to study the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Rakshes drivers towards drugs abuse in Kosti town, White Nile State, Sudan. The data were collected by questionnaires, and analyzed via the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 17). The study found that the majority of drivers (98.6%) were educated and all of them 100%were heard about drugs abused, 70% of them identified (hashish) cannabis, 77.2% of them believe that drugs lead to mental disorders, and 22.2% of them prepared abusing in their life and 12.7% still abusing.

Drugs, Addiction, Abuse, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Rakshes, Drivers, Kosti, Consequences, Risk, Illicit

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