Sociological Perspective On Drugs And Women

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I chose this topic because I believe it is a very serious problem in today’s society and all of us most probably have experienced illicit drugs, in one way or another, whether it is from seeing one of our close friends or we have experience it ourselves. It has been a main problem in today’s society and it has to do with peer pressure, popularity, and the saddest cases they just do it to take away their pain or depression. Why do people use drugs? This is what I see from a sociological perspective as to why people use drugs and the problem that is causing to our society.
We have the adolescents that are doing it because of curiosity they want to try it. It all has to do with the social group that these kids are in, those groups determine what …show more content…

As far as age groups, men have greater rates of use or dependence on illicit drugs and alcohol than women do. However, women are just as prone as men to become addicted. On top of that, women may be more vulnerable to craving and relapses, which are key phases of the addiction cycle. Women of color may face unique issues with regard to drug use and treatment needs. Even ideology or culture can affect this for example, African-American and American Indian/Alaska Native women are more likely than women of other racial and ethnic groups to be victims of rape, physical violence, and stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, and these issues are likely to be risk factors for substance use and should be addressed during treatment. Research done by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has shown that women often use drugs differently, respond to drugs differently, and can have distinctive obstacles to effective treatment as simple as not being able to find child care or being prescribed treatment that has not been sufficiently tested on …show more content…

Recently there has been an increase of overdoses deaths due to opioid drug in the Nation, especially in rural America and suburbia. Even with fund anti-addiction programs, and state governments working with federal authorities to address what they are calling a public health crisis of addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin, it seems not enough. New challenges thrive, some places in the country are seeing a rise in overdoses of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid painkiller drastically more powerful and deadly than morphine, and an even more dangerous new drug cocktail called “gray death.” The government is trying to do something however it is hard to stop it and it is causing many deaths around the country. Drugs, specifically opioid in this case, are taking the toll on Americans of all

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