Abdullahi, Adamu Sulaiman2023-12-122023-12-122012-10-10Enakpoya, E. “Prevalence of Drug Abuse among Nigerian Adolescents: Implication for Counseling”, The Counsellor, Vol. 26, No 2,2009. Haladu, A.A, “Outreach Strategies for Curbing Drug Abuse Among Out-of-School Youth in Nigeria: A challenge for community Based Organization, in Garba, A (e d). Youth and Drug Abuse in Nigeria: Strategies for Counselling, Management and Control. Kano: Matosa Press, 2003.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3497Youths prefer an autonomous and independent life that is free from adult control, there by engaging in various delinquent acts like drug abuse, rape, robbery, cultism, hooliganism and vandalism that are dangerous to the home, community, school and the nation at large. The impact of drug abuse among youths has been a stigma of moral decadence, violence, thuggery, assault, madness and murder. This paper discusses the concept of drug abuse, types, causes, signs, symptoms and effects of drug abuse. The paper also tries to find out the involvement of Muslim youths in Keffi Municipal in drug abuse. The result of the investigation shows that 50.36% of the Muslim youths in Keffi Municipal are involved in drug abuse in one way or the other. This result also shows the common drugs abused by the Muslim youths in Keffi Municipal. These include cigarette, Marijuana (wiwi), blue, lara, farida, detail, tutolin with codeine, pakaline with codeine, magadone, Tramol etc. This is considered as serious problem because the Muslim youths in Keffi Municipal are being prepared to become the future leaders. Recommendations were such as prohibiting the sell of the identified drugs around Keffi Municipal and its environs.enArticle