Abstract
Drug abuse is one of the contemporary issues threatening security, peace, stability, tolerance, health, education, good citizenship and sustainable development not only in Nigeria but also worldwide. It augments hostility, conflicts, rivalries, kidnapping, illegal sexual intercourse, dehumanization and all other vices. Islam, as a complete way of life, has brought divine injunctions for eradicating social vices which drug abuse is their mother as Prophet (PBUH) said “avoid the intoxicants, because it is the mother of all evils’’ (Al-Nasai). This paper intends to discuss the concept of drug abuse, contemporary challenges, effects and remedies in Islamic perspective. Then, recommendations are made to the stakeholders (teachers, political leaders, researchers, NGOs, etc,) in terms of their contributions towards eradication of drug abuse for sustainable development in our society