Prescription Drug Abuse Research Paper
Illicit and Prescription Drug Abuse and How it Affects Families
June 27, 2011
PSY/425
Instructor Barbara Nosal
Drug abuse has affected many families and households. Some families have family members who are addicted to prescription drugs and other members of the family are not aware. Twenty percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes (U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d.). Prescription drug abuse is continuing to increase because some people think that it is fine to take prescription medicine when not needed because the doctor prescribed the medicine. Some people think that prescription drugs are less harmful and not easily to be addictive. Other people …show more content…
One main problem that drug abuse can cause is children growing up in one-parent homes because of a parent incarcenration for drug-related charges. One of the most common crimes for parents to serve time in a federal prison is drug-related offenses and one-third of the parents incarcerated in state prisons stated that he or she was under the influence of some type of drug when he or she committed the crime convicted of (BJS, 2000). The percentage of drug-addicted parents reveals that many children grow up in one-parent households, live with other family members, or in foster care. Thirty-three percent of mothers and 19% of fathers incarcerated committed his or her crime to obtain money to buy drugs. Over 50% of both mothers and fathers reported that he or she has used drugs in the month before committing his or her crime. Parents have a big influence on his or her children lives. Drug abuse can run in the family. Some children believe if his or her parent used drugs, he or she will use drugs. In most households, if both of the parents are addicted to drugs, the chances of the child using drugs will …show more content…
Treatment Solution Network helps family members to decide if the loved one is ready to obtained the help that he or she needs to become drug-free, help the family to recognize the problem before the addict is ready to deal with it, and offers help from certified interventionist to help the family to find the peace everyone will need from the destructive patterns of addiction. Many addicts have recovered because of his or her family involvement in helping him or her life become on the right track again. Most addicts continue to use drugs when his or her family has left him or her because he or she believes that there is nothing left in his or her life to fight
June 27, 2011
PSY/425
Instructor Barbara Nosal
Drug abuse has affected many families and households. Some families have family members who are addicted to prescription drugs and other members of the family are not aware. Twenty percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes (U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d.). Prescription drug abuse is continuing to increase because some people think that it is fine to take prescription medicine when not needed because the doctor prescribed the medicine. Some people think that prescription drugs are less harmful and not easily to be addictive. Other people …show more content…
One main problem that drug abuse can cause is children growing up in one-parent homes because of a parent incarcenration for drug-related charges. One of the most common crimes for parents to serve time in a federal prison is drug-related offenses and one-third of the parents incarcerated in state prisons stated that he or she was under the influence of some type of drug when he or she committed the crime convicted of (BJS, 2000). The percentage of drug-addicted parents reveals that many children grow up in one-parent households, live with other family members, or in foster care. Thirty-three percent of mothers and 19% of fathers incarcerated committed his or her crime to obtain money to buy drugs. Over 50% of both mothers and fathers reported that he or she has used drugs in the month before committing his or her crime. Parents have a big influence on his or her children lives. Drug abuse can run in the family. Some children believe if his or her parent used drugs, he or she will use drugs. In most households, if both of the parents are addicted to drugs, the chances of the child using drugs will …show more content…
Treatment Solution Network helps family members to decide if the loved one is ready to obtained the help that he or she needs to become drug-free, help the family to recognize the problem before the addict is ready to deal with it, and offers help from certified interventionist to help the family to find the peace everyone will need from the destructive patterns of addiction. Many addicts have recovered because of his or her family involvement in helping him or her life become on the right track again. Most addicts continue to use drugs when his or her family has left him or her because he or she believes that there is nothing left in his or her life to fight