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    Substance Use Among Students at the Kampala Campus of Uganda Christian University
    (Uganda Christian University, 2025-10-20) Nakiwala Lillian
    Substance use among the youth is a major public health problem facing the world today. The WHO statistics report of 2023 showed that the per capita consumption of alcohol in Uganda was 12.21litres of alcohol per year. This is much higher than the African region average consumption of 6.3 litres and the global average of 6.18litres of alcohol per person per year. Furthermore, the national referral hospital Butabika showed that 40% of all its hospital admissions were related to drug use with over 35% of its clients from tertiary institutions. Of the 35%, college and university students are the bigger proportion of substance use. Although substance use is a growing problem in institutions, there is limited information about its magnitude and the predisposing factors. This study sought to examine the prevalence and determinants of substance use among students at Uganda Christian University Kampala campus Methods-A quantitative cross-sectional study was used to collect data from 300 respondents between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan 1970 formula for cross- sectional studies. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to determine the study participants. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 26 Results- The findings revealed that the overall prevalence for substance use among students at Uganda Christian university at Kampala campus was 91.3% and among the factors influencing substance use; peer pressure was ranked highest followed by recreation or source of enjoyment. Escape from stress related factors was also mentioned as one of the other factors that attributed to substance usage. Alcohol was the major substance used followed by cigarette smoking and marijuana. Conclusion. The study concluded that it was clear that a greater proportion of students in the sample, (91.3%) used substances and that the respondents who had friends that used substances were more likely to use or start using. This implies that peer influence and socio influence were among the major factors influencing substance use among students.