child abuse
Children of Substance Abusers
Anita Bryant
Dr. Johnna Smith
PSY1462
Drug and alcohol abuse can happen for a number of reasons. Some people grow up around it, their friends do it, commercials influence them, and rappers rap about it. Is it possible that there is a link between drugs and alcohol? Can you be addicted to one and not the other, or could it just be isolated to preference of drugs or alcohol? In this paper, I will give my opinion of children of substance abusers and the abuser, and a peer reviewed article on substance abuse. When alcohol and drugs are exposed to a child at a tender age, when they should be playing with action figures and Barbie dolls, it has a very negative impact on them as children, and carries with them throughout their adulthood. It affects their relationships with others and how they conduct themselves in any situation, as children are very impressionable and will mirror what they see, thus later experimenting with drugs and alcohol, with little to no hesitation. The drugs and alcohol can affect them with school, finding and or keeping employment. Drugs and alcohol are sometimes a big factor in failures in marriage, relationships, and friendships. It also poses grave danger to your health and life. Some cause could also be a result of the community where every block has a liquor store, or is a drug depot. “Poor neighborhoods across the state have more liquor stores per resident than wealthy neighborhoods, but the trend is not as clear-cut in urban areas. Each jurisdiction has its own rules to enforce the state’s law, and some have essentially no liquor stores at all. The abundance of liquor stores in poor areas is blamed on everything from historical accidents to deliberate targeting of poverty stricken areas, but residents and government officials agree that it is a problem.” (2013 University of Maryland, Phillip Merrill College, of Journalism.) You can raise your
Anita Bryant
Dr. Johnna Smith
PSY1462
Drug and alcohol abuse can happen for a number of reasons. Some people grow up around it, their friends do it, commercials influence them, and rappers rap about it. Is it possible that there is a link between drugs and alcohol? Can you be addicted to one and not the other, or could it just be isolated to preference of drugs or alcohol? In this paper, I will give my opinion of children of substance abusers and the abuser, and a peer reviewed article on substance abuse. When alcohol and drugs are exposed to a child at a tender age, when they should be playing with action figures and Barbie dolls, it has a very negative impact on them as children, and carries with them throughout their adulthood. It affects their relationships with others and how they conduct themselves in any situation, as children are very impressionable and will mirror what they see, thus later experimenting with drugs and alcohol, with little to no hesitation. The drugs and alcohol can affect them with school, finding and or keeping employment. Drugs and alcohol are sometimes a big factor in failures in marriage, relationships, and friendships. It also poses grave danger to your health and life. Some cause could also be a result of the community where every block has a liquor store, or is a drug depot. “Poor neighborhoods across the state have more liquor stores per resident than wealthy neighborhoods, but the trend is not as clear-cut in urban areas. Each jurisdiction has its own rules to enforce the state’s law, and some have essentially no liquor stores at all. The abundance of liquor stores in poor areas is blamed on everything from historical accidents to deliberate targeting of poverty stricken areas, but residents and government officials agree that it is a problem.” (2013 University of Maryland, Phillip Merrill College, of Journalism.) You can raise your
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