Risk Factors for Girls
For more than three years, CASA examined the reasons why girls and young women use drugs and alcohol. “The Formative Years” is the most exhaustive study of its kind. Researchers spent the time trying to find out why girls and young women use drugs like tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy, and prescription narcotics recreationally. The study found girls had different reasons for using substances than boys. They determined girls are not only more vulnerable to addiction, they also become addicted more quickly, and their lives go downhill faster. While the study found men are more likely than women to have opportunities to use drugs, men and women given an opportunity to use drugs for the first time are equally likely to do so and progress more rapidly from initial use to addiction. However, women and men appear to differ in their vulnerability to some drugs. Both are equally likely to become addicted to or dependent on cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, tobacco, and inhalants. Females are more likely than males to become addicted to or dependent on sedatives, anxiety medication, and …show more content…
She entered treatment in South Florida for the first time six months ago following a failed suicide attempt. Tanya’s identical twin sister discovered her passed out in bed after she swallowed a handful of Xanax back in April. She was barely clinging to life. Tanya’s mother called police who ended up Baker acting the teen. As a little girl growing up in Tallahassee, Tanya says she suffered from depression. At age 12, she began drinking Myers rum with a friend. Two years later she started smoking marijuana. Soon afterwards, Tanya became addicted to alcohol, cocaine, and Xanax. She used Oxycodone, Molly, and whatever else she could get her hands on. Tanya dropped out of high school and says she’s never felt so alone. She didn’t think anyone would miss her if she ended her
For more than three years, CASA examined the reasons why girls and young women use drugs and alcohol. “The Formative Years” is the most exhaustive study of its kind. Researchers spent the time trying to find out why girls and young women use drugs like tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy, and prescription narcotics recreationally. The study found girls had different reasons for using substances than boys. They determined girls are not only more vulnerable to addiction, they also become addicted more quickly, and their lives go downhill faster. While the study found men are more likely than women to have opportunities to use drugs, men and women given an opportunity to use drugs for the first time are equally likely to do so and progress more rapidly from initial use to addiction. However, women and men appear to differ in their vulnerability to some drugs. Both are equally likely to become addicted to or dependent on cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, tobacco, and inhalants. Females are more likely than males to become addicted to or dependent on sedatives, anxiety medication, and …show more content…
She entered treatment in South Florida for the first time six months ago following a failed suicide attempt. Tanya’s identical twin sister discovered her passed out in bed after she swallowed a handful of Xanax back in April. She was barely clinging to life. Tanya’s mother called police who ended up Baker acting the teen. As a little girl growing up in Tallahassee, Tanya says she suffered from depression. At age 12, she began drinking Myers rum with a friend. Two years later she started smoking marijuana. Soon afterwards, Tanya became addicted to alcohol, cocaine, and Xanax. She used Oxycodone, Molly, and whatever else she could get her hands on. Tanya dropped out of high school and says she’s never felt so alone. She didn’t think anyone would miss her if she ended her