Socio economic Status and Substance Abuse According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use, in 2014, 15.8 million women (or 12.9 percent) ages 18 or older had used illicit drugs; also in 2014, 4.6 million women (or 3.8 percent) ages 18 and older had misused prescription drugs; and in 2013, every 3 minutes, a woman went into the emergency room for prescription painkiller misuse or abuse. The problem with substance abuse has existed in women’s community for decades and continues to grow into an epidemic today. A great part of uncovering the reasons why several women abuse drugs is understanding the role of socio economic status. Socio economic status depends on one’s income, parental education
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As previously stated, backgrounds in an individual 's education and parental education doesn’t affect drug use prevention, the way generalizations insist that it does. According to dualdiagnosis.org, “Genetics are responsible for around 40 to 60 percent of the predisposition an addict carries toward substance abuse.” or in other words a limitation beyond a woman 's control. Another great factor in substance abuse beyond socioeconomic status is mental health. “Approximately 29 percent of all people diagnosed with a mental health disorder also abuse drugs or alcohol.”, in the case someone is diagnosed with a mental illness, substance abuse could be an effect regardless of that person’s socioeconomic status (dualdiagnosis.org). A point most often overlooked, yet greatly prevalent is race. Throughout the world and especially in America, race and wealth are often at an imbalance. In 2015, the American Census Bureau reported that the median income for Caucasian households in 2009 was $51,861; for African American households, it was $32,584; and for Hispanic households, it was $38,039. Although the difference between the income of Caucasian households, Black, and Hispanic differed significantly, “Substance use and abuse are more common among Caucasians than African …show more content…
Given these factors, being backgrounds in income, parental education and an individual’s education, mental health, and types of services provided, each socioeconomic status weighs in the same likelyness to abuse substances. Equality within likelihood to abuse substances has been supported in three arguments. The first derailing a common myth, assuming socioeconomic group is more positioned to abuse drugs these assumptions include higher class being less likely and lower class being more likely when both can be equally argued. The second addressing the lack of information on the subject and women who are left out being studies that have related a woman’s parent’s education as well as her own education to either predict likeliness to abuse substances. Given social construction and generalizations, since women with a higher socioeconomic status are presumed to be less likely to abuse drugs, they are left out of substance abuse information/research, when they are just as likely to abuse drugs as any other woman. Education backgrounds doesn’t affect drug use prevention, therefore eliminating bias to substance abuse. Third of all, other effects that affect substance abuse confused with socioeconomic status, such as genetics, mental health, and race. In support of my research, substance abuse affects women
As previously stated, backgrounds in an individual 's education and parental education doesn’t affect drug use prevention, the way generalizations insist that it does. According to dualdiagnosis.org, “Genetics are responsible for around 40 to 60 percent of the predisposition an addict carries toward substance abuse.” or in other words a limitation beyond a woman 's control. Another great factor in substance abuse beyond socioeconomic status is mental health. “Approximately 29 percent of all people diagnosed with a mental health disorder also abuse drugs or alcohol.”, in the case someone is diagnosed with a mental illness, substance abuse could be an effect regardless of that person’s socioeconomic status (dualdiagnosis.org). A point most often overlooked, yet greatly prevalent is race. Throughout the world and especially in America, race and wealth are often at an imbalance. In 2015, the American Census Bureau reported that the median income for Caucasian households in 2009 was $51,861; for African American households, it was $32,584; and for Hispanic households, it was $38,039. Although the difference between the income of Caucasian households, Black, and Hispanic differed significantly, “Substance use and abuse are more common among Caucasians than African …show more content…
Given these factors, being backgrounds in income, parental education and an individual’s education, mental health, and types of services provided, each socioeconomic status weighs in the same likelyness to abuse substances. Equality within likelihood to abuse substances has been supported in three arguments. The first derailing a common myth, assuming socioeconomic group is more positioned to abuse drugs these assumptions include higher class being less likely and lower class being more likely when both can be equally argued. The second addressing the lack of information on the subject and women who are left out being studies that have related a woman’s parent’s education as well as her own education to either predict likeliness to abuse substances. Given social construction and generalizations, since women with a higher socioeconomic status are presumed to be less likely to abuse drugs, they are left out of substance abuse information/research, when they are just as likely to abuse drugs as any other woman. Education backgrounds doesn’t affect drug use prevention, therefore eliminating bias to substance abuse. Third of all, other effects that affect substance abuse confused with socioeconomic status, such as genetics, mental health, and race. In support of my research, substance abuse affects women