Beth Rogers Early Life

The University of Michigan “annually survey in 2010 ” identified that adolescents nationwide, will start using drugs from 8, 10, and 12-grade use drugs, which include alcohol, Tabaco, marijuana, and other drugs; the survey shows the increased of marijuana use among high school seniors to daily basis. Consumption is the highest in comparison with the previous study nearly 65% of those students use marijuana as their primary drug of choice.

Coming from different back ground with stereo type family background has allowed me to see the effects that drugs can have on someone life. Many Americans college students is discovering and adapting to the world around its association with social marijuana is creating some problems for them. The new setting can become overwhelming for them as individual.

For many years, drug abuse among youth has become a serious problem within the United States. There are several different types of drug involvement: those who distribute quantities of drugs, those who sell drugs, and those who commit delinquent acts under the influence of drugs. Nonetheless, these groups of youth cycle in and out of the juvenile system. Youth who sell drugs may distribute marijuana, crack or heroin amongst their friends and relatives. Per “Black Youth and illegal drugs”, deals are arranged over the phone, in school, or at popular hangouts, but the actual distribution takes place in more private areas, such as at home or in cars (Joseph & Pearson, 2002).

One day Aaron decides that he is sick of working at Kroger, and he decides to become a drug dealer. Specifically, a dealer that sells various qualities of Marijuana to the pot smokers in his community. He starts to save up his paychecks from Kroger to start his “business” , after saving approximately one-thousand dollars, he quit his job to pursue his desires. He asks his good buddy, Andrew to help him with drug dealer/selling and his buddy agrees, most-likely because they both are pot-smokers. After buying the required products like weight scales, baggies, drug cell phone, etc.. and the marijuana itself, they begin to sell and distribute their products. After flipping their first shipment of goods, Aaron realizes that he has made more money in a week then he made 3 months at

The “National Survey on Drug Use and Health” or (NSDUH), is an annual publication funded by the “Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration” or (SAMHSA) provides further data (Schmalleger, 2013). The (NSDUH) found that there are an estimated 22.6 million Americans who are current users aged twelve and older (Schmalleger, 2013). Of those 22.6 million Americans, 17.5 million of them were estimated to be using marijuana, and data shows the rates for those most likely to consume drugs to be between the ages of sixteen to twenty-five in 2010 (Schmalleger, 2013). Another statistic, this time from the class text found that “nine percent of the U.S population age 12 or older use illicit drugs every year, half of them at least once a month.” (Thio et al., 2013). The class text also corroborates this data, citing that of young adults those aged eighteen to twenty-five have the highest rates, for teenagers the rates highest for use are twelve to seventeen (Thio et al., 2013). One study found that employment status is highly correlated with rates of illicit drug use as well. One figure showed that an estimated seventeen percent and a half percent of those unemployed were current illicit drug users (Schmalleger, 2013). Worrying figures due to the gravity of the situation making itself clear, while there is tapering off after twenty years of age when it comes to illicit drug use. The concept of drug usage surrounding teenagers and

The life of dealing drugs not only involves oneself, but it also involves family members and those who are close. Luke Bergmann experienced this first hand through his ethnographic studies of people living in Detroit that were actively involved in drug dealing. His studies discovered that many of the lives were centered on drug trade to make ends meet. This is because families had no job opportunities, so the parents take part in drug trade and the children only can follow in their footsteps. The dealing of drugs negatively affect the lives of individuals and families, Dude Freeman’s in particular. His mother, Jessie Lee, was separated from Dude at an early age because of gambling debt and the addiction to crack. (Bergmann 2008:90) Jessie’s sister, Ruby, had taken custody of Dude at an early age and eventually adopted him. Ruby herself had been apart of the drug trade herself. Her boyfriend who she had been living with, Marvin Robinson, was involved in the drug trade his entire life. His role in the drug trade often lead Ruby constantly moving from place to place. He was selling crack out of the house and Ruby moved because she wanted no part of it. During this time “Marvin had a lot of jobs but never kept them.” (Bergmann

The development that takes place during the first eighteen years of life is essential in determining how one will handle going on each day. Traveling through these phases, individuals develop coping skills, critical thinking, problem solving, social skills and much more. The adolescent years are most crucial in preparing them for adulthood or college life because it is the skills, emotions and mentality they experience here, that will follow them into adulthood. Unfortunately, the effects that substance use has on the developing teenage brain can also carry over into adulthood and the rest of their life. With recent moves to legalize marijuana, we can expect to see an increase in cannabis use among teens due to increased availability, greater

Throughout the past years, “the war on drugs”, a campaign endorsed by the United States to prohibit the illegal drug trade, has been fought throughout many urban communities across the United States. There is a major controversy that stems from the presence of drugs in these communities. A primary one is the usage and the selling of crack and cocaine. Other issues reside in the continuous debate on whether the influence of drugs throughout urban communities is due to lack of economic resources, inadequate educational systems or is it social conditions created as a reaction to all of these issues. When the condition of the economy and the existence of business’ in urban communities comes to mind, the first image that might appear is abandoned

For years now there has been one recurring problem in the community of Anderson. That problem is poor education and drug involvement or distributing. Many people relied on Delco Remy and dropped out of high school during the 80’s and 90’s. The general idea was that, you don’t need school when you can make good money without a diploma. So when Delco Remy left Anderson the economy here was at an all time low. But instead of going back to school and getting an education, many people turned to drugs. It was a faster and more easy way of making money.

Carl Rogers was born in Chicago in the year of 1902. He was the fourth of six kids belonging to Walter and Julia Rogers. They were a very strict Christian family and Carl grew up under these circumstances.

In 2005, Amanda’s life was forever changed. Her dad was diagnosed with cancer and was given a couple of months to live. Weeks later Amanda’s father passed away and Amanda knew she needed to help her mom. Amanda got two jobs, applied for financial aid, and went back to college. When Amanda became an Educational Aide, she received a grant that paid for aides to become teachers. Amanda worked during the day, and then she made the trip to Clear Lake

Martha Elizabeth Rogers was an American researcher, nurse, theorist and an author too. She was born on 12th may, 1914 and died on the 13th March 1994 but gave the world new and relevant theories of nursing. Being a professor at New York University, she developed the theory called – “Science of Unitary Human Beings." She described the method in the book known as "An Introduction to Theoretical Basis of Nursing.” Martha specialized in the field of public health care nursing (ROGERS, 2003).

Abbi Abrams is a twenty-six year old female who works as a cleaner at a fitness center. She hates her job and would prefer to be a fitness trainer, but this goal continues to elude her. She is also a struggling artist and she dreams of quitting her job to pursue her art full-time. Abbi tries hard to find balance between being a self-sufficient and responsible adult and a free spirit. Some of Abbi’s biggest struggles come from her home life. She has a roommate who is always absent, but her roommate’s freeloading boyfriend is always around nevertheless. Abbi enjoys smoking marijuana, but indulges in it less often than her best friend Ilana.

Students who become addictive to these substances are more likely to drop out of school, as they lose interest for academic achievement. They miss classes, get poor grades and show discipline problems. According to research by Williams, Johnson, Williams T.R, Saunders, and Nebbitt (2007), “students with lower grades were five times more likely to report marijuana use” (p. 2). Once they are on drugs; they do not care about the academic opportunities. They do not aspire to graduate from school and go to college. The lose scholarship opportunities because “adolescents who drop out of school are more likely to be involved in substance use than are those who complete” (Williams et al., 2007). Also, they have difficulties with memory and concentration. Williams et al., states that “educational statistics report that 48.9% of all African American students entering ninth grade do not graduate on schedule or drop out” (2007, p. 9). Substance abuse ruins the lives of students. They take many wrong decisions and prefer the street and easy

Born in Sopron, Hungary Margaret S Schönberger was a child with a troubled past. Her father, Gustav Schonberger, was a general practitioner and the chief public health officer for the district. Her mother, Eugenia Weiner, was a competent homemaker. Margaret had a younger sister by the name of Suzanne. The family was described as an upper middle class family, in which the children spoke Hungarian in the presence of their father and German with their mother. Because of her Eugenia’s unhappiness from an unwanted early marriage and pregnancy, Mahler existence was a reason of her younger sister’s flagrant attention from her mother. Mahler often turned to her father. He supported her extraordinary mental power and looked upon her as his masculine extension. Mahler has great belief that she wasn’t feminine or pretty enough to attract the male species. She did not look in mirrors until the age of 16. She also envied her sister because of her undeniable look of natural beauty. She believed that no one can love her and if they did she would have to be inferior to the man so she could dominate the relationship. She became determined to become independent and her father supported her very ideas. Her independence led her to the construction of ideas that formed theories clinicians still use today.