Psychoactive substance use was regarded as a male affair in the past. However, recent findings show an increasing number of females are getting involved. We conducted a three year retrospective review of patients admitted to the Centre for Addiction treatment in Vom, plateau state, Nigeria. We compared the proportion of female clients seeking treatment over a three year period from 2014 to 2016.  There was a steady increase in the female population seeking treatment for substance use disorder within the period of the study.  An overwhelming number of them had multiple drug use disorder and the...