Drug abuse in children is an epidemic in America. A report done in 2013, showed that 8.8% of children, ages 12 to 17 were illicit drug abusers. (Administration, 2013) In the article, Number of Siblings and Intellectual Development, The Resource Dilution Explanation, Douglas B. Downey, explains the lasting effects limited resources retain on a child. Downey, claims as the number of siblings in a family increases, parental resources begin to lessen. In my next article, Childhood socio-economic status, school failure and drug abuse: a Swedish national cohort study, Karl Gauffin, Bo Vinnerljung, Mats Fridell, Morten Hesse, Anders Hjern report that children coming from families with low socio- economic status are more likely to abuse drugs. Also, they prove that children that experience failure in school are also more likely to abuse drugs. In this paper, I will examine the role education plays on children that abuse drugs, then discuss how socio economic status is a predictor of drug abuse in children, and I will conclude that larger families are more likely to have a child fall victim to drug abuse. Presently, Larger families are more likely to have a child fall victim to drug abuse, because as the number of children increases in a family resources become more scarce, resulting in poor education and a lower socioeconomic status.
Children that have experienced failure or lack of education are more likely to abuse drugs, than educated children. "In one study, (Downey, 2001), it
Drug abuse is becoming more commonly abused in society as a whole. The study determined that people who grew up or lived in a dysfunctional environment had a high increase in drug abuse. After
This essay will therefore examine the personal and environmental risk factors that are associated with the prediction of drug dealing in adolescents, such as low school commitment, delinquent peers and use of illicit substances. As well as discussing three main personality types of drug dealers:
Growing up in the household under substances influence can cause severe damage to the child. Parental substance abuse has a significant impact on family function, and it may also contribute to child maltreatment. It heightens the risks to both of the physical and emotional safety of the children, and it generates children’s problematic outcomes. Children who grow up in such families may also experience mental health issues, social isolation, financial difficulties, and exposure to stressful life events and so on.
Imagine if the two people you admire the most, the two people who set the example of how life should be, just stopped taking care of you and neglected your individual needs. What could be the reason your parents have chosen to withdraw from your life? If you could examine this picture more closely, you would see that these "types" of parents are the ones who are addicted to drugs and stray away from the needs of their own children. These parents do not realize the neglect they are showing for their children; they are not in the right state of mind to even consider what the child needs. Neglect is not the only risk involved by parents using drugs; this behavior could also result in their own
In today’s society people are talking about babies being born to drugs, and how could a mother do that to their unborn child. Drug addiction is a very serious issue that needs more research. We are still learning the effects of substance abuse. One problem that needs to be looked at is are there enough Rehabilitation Centers, to help the women who are addicted to these different street drugs. Also doctor and nurses should not judge these women but instead give them the best prenatal care that can be provided. We need to see what harm and side affects it has on the mother and baby, so that we can be able to understand better how to treat these women and get them off drugs before they do harm their babies.
With the focus of this research being fairly new and untouched by many criminologists the researchers seek to inform about the dangers of early drug use on adult functioning. The authors bring attention to childhood precursors of drug use including academic potential, workforce and college involvement as well as
Since “parents are a crucial part of their child’s environment” (Sharma, 2016), it is no surprise that their behavior can affect how their children grow up to be. While yes, people who end up addicted to drugs can come from all sorts of lives there are some circumstances that may help to influence a person’s choice to turn to drugs. The likelihood that a person turns to drugs increases if they experience a traumatic event such as sexual, emotional, or physical abuse (Mirlashari, Demirkol, Salsali, Rafiey, & Jahanbani, 2012). Depending on the level of trauma can influence the level of drug addiction a person may have. If a person witnesses’ violence in their family or they are sexually victimized they are more likely to not only use drugs but to turn to hard drugs like
Not only the rich can be tempted to abuse mind altering drugs, for those at the lowest part of society suffer and abuse substances. A statistic from the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health explains that “ regular use by the unemployed was double that among those employed full time: 8.4% vs. 17%.” Drug abuse is not just limited to young adults, but being raised by a someone who is addicted to drugs can be just as detrimental to a person's health. Joseph Califano notes “70% of abused and neglected children have alcohol or drug abusing parents.” And because we do not want drug abuse to continue harming the lives around us all prevention should start with protecting children by providing a proper drug
As soon as birth, children are exposed to new things; new life experiences that will develop the path of which direction their life will take. Adolescence is the most important time in a child’s life because it is where they learn appropriate behavior from their family and the outside world. Some children are able to use these experiences to differentiate at an early age what is right and what is wrong and hopefully carry this into adulthood. What happens when children are exposed to the wrong experiences at an early age? What happens if children assume that what they are seeing is okay because one of their parents are
In this paper, I look at forms of substance abuse and the effects on children. I will be using the following headings to break down the different issues associated with this social problem: social causes, phenomenon, and consequences. I hope to educate those that may be ignorant to the situation, and help to spark a flame that can be used to not be a bystander, but a solution to the problem at hand.
According to the American Psychological Association, which states that about half of a person’s tendency toward drug addiction can be blamed on genetic factors. The genes might not make the person experiment with drugs, but when the person does begin to dabble, the use could quickly spin out of control due to these underlying genetic factors. The home in which a person grows up has a great deal of influence over drug use and abuse. A study in the Archives of General Psychiatry bears out this theory quite well, as researchers looked at drug and alcohol use in genetic twins who had been raised in different homes. Those who grew up in homes that were disrupted by divorce and mental illness, and those who grew up in homes where drugs and alcohol were at play, were more likely to become abusers when they grew up. It’s possible that living in homes like this causes such intense stress that using drugs seems like a reasonable solution, but it’s also possible that growing up in a home like this normalizes drug abuse. As the child grows and sees parents abusing substances, that child learns to also abuse substances. The effects of genetics and environment can often be hard to separate, and many statistics cited in the media fail to take this into account. Children of substance use parents are likely to inherit many of the genes that would make them predisposed to
Your friend Jane works at an outpatient treatment program for people who abuse cocaine. She recently implemented a contingency management program but it has not been very successful. She calls you and says "I know I must be doing something wrong with my program, but I don't know how to fix it. Can you help?" Describe what questions you might ask and what recommendations you might make to Jane to help her make her program more
Drugging your children?! What?! That sounds horrible?! To some people yes this is horrible to others it’s not. Many people believe that medicating a child with ADD or ADHD is okay, that it is good for the child and that it helps them grow and learn more. Many other people believe that medicating the same child with prescription medication is just the same as giving your child medication not prescribed by a doctor. But is it right to medicate your child? In the case where you medicate your child, the positives are that your child is more likely to focus, and apply themselves. The negatives are that they are also more likely to develop a drug habit later in life, less likely to be creative, less likely to have an individual
Drug addiction is a serious issue in not only America today, but globally. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, substance addiction is a “chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite the harmful consequences” (“What is drug addiction?”). Drug abuse affects not only the user, but those around the user as well. The actions of a drug user place a significant amount of worry on the people that are closest to them such as friends and family. Children with parents who are addicted to drugs or alcohol can be severely affected by the actions of their parents which can cause them much harm in terms of biological and
to govern much of the individual’s behavior. The most extreme case of drug use is the