Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of, and reasons for the various forms of addictive
use among the students of the University of Dire Dawa. The research system is used, cross-sectional, questionnairequestion.
This study has been carried out, including the first-and second-year students at the University of Dire
Dawa. The study included 164 students who have completed a structured questionnaire. The Data was analyzed on
SPSS version 16. The prevalence of addictive use was 20.7%, with 64.7% of the male students are dominating. It is
the most common addiction among students was that the Chewing of Chat (38.2%), followed by cigarette smoking
(23.5%), marijuana smoking (17.6%), shisha smoking (8.8%), alcohol (6%), and 5.9% were of other addiction. The
most important factor appears to be the pleasure to compete and not being able to love. The vast majority of
addictive users of the students (47.1%) were motivated by the friends of the start of an addiction. addictive usage
among university students, even though they are well known about their dangers, a cause for concern. Education,
training, counseling, and proper training can help prevent the dependency of prospective students, who are expected
to serve the community.