28 Mar Explain what speedballing is. -Explain how stimulant and depressant usage can negatively impact the health of women -Share 1 to 2 reasons why women engage in speedballing –
Women's Health
Assignment- The Case of Joy
Assignment Content
- Greetings Students,
This week's reading taught you how and why certain women use, misuse, or abuse various substances. Additionally, you reviewed the economic and health impacts of substance usage among impacted women.
For this assignment, you are to read the below case scenario and write a 2-page paper sharing three reasons advising Joy on why she should not engage in opioid usage, aka "speedballing" with her boyfriend. In your response, you are also required to include the following:
-Explain what speedballing is.
-Explain how stimulant and depressant usage can negatively impact the health of women
-Share 1 to 2 reasons why women engage in speedballing
-Your thoughts if whether you believe or not Joy is being domestically abused by her boyfriendYou do not need to include a cover page for this assignment, but an APA 7th edition formatted Reference page is required.
Do visit the Monroe College Online library to find and include at least three scholarly and peer-reviewed articles in your paper.
Case Scenario
Joy, a 19-year old white woman, was brought to your program by her mother and stepfather for treatment for her drug and alcohol use disorder. She is insightful, verbal, and personable, but flunked out of her first year of college. Joy admits to regular, heavy use of alcohol, marijuana and occasional cocaine use since middle school. She had a history of serious emotional problems and instability, including a suicide attempt in high school. Following her suicide attempt, Joy felt betrayed and judged by her mother and many close friends. She was especially hurt by her mother’s reaction to her suicide attempt, which she felt conveyed frustration and anger, rather than love and compassion. Joy gravitated to peers who used drugs, especially one male named Nick, who she says, “shows me the love and attention I’m not getting at home.” Joy is aware that Nick frequently uses heroin and sometimes speedballs. She has used cocaine with Nick and is thinking about doing a speedball with him as “it doesn’t seem too harmful and will bring them closer together.”
Case Scenario Reference
Harm Reduction Scenarios. (n.d.). Praxis. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://c4innovates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PRX-243-Harm-Reduction-Scenarios-v2.pdf
Required Text or E-Book: Alexander, L., LaRosa, J., Bader, H., & Garfield, S., Alexander,W. (2007). New Dimensions in Women’s Health, 7th ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.ISBN# 978-1284088434
Speed-bailing: Mixing Stimulants & Opioids Presented by Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association
Review PowerPoint Presentation by downloading the attached presentation or by clicking link to learn more: https://www.training.fadaa.org/Speedballing/Speedballing_PPT.pdf
Chapter 13
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse: What Is It, and Why Is It Important?
• Substance abuse: the overuse, misuse, or addiction to any chemical substance
• There are many forms of substance abuse, including the single greatest preventable cause of deaths in the United States.
Key Terms • Drugs • Recreational drugs • Drug misuse • Drug abuse • Psychological dependence • Tolerance
Drugs and the Law • The lines between drugs that are legal and illegal
can change. – Prohibition – LSD and heroin were developed for medical
use. – Marijuana is legal in four states and Washington
DC (plus more for medicinal purposes), but illegal at the federal level.
• Many legal drugs can still be harmful and easy to abuse (alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs).
Effects of Drug Use • Physiological changes • Mental dependence • Conflicts in interpersonal relationships • Drug-related crime • Creation of treatment facilities • Loss of individual productivity • Care for children of drug-dependent parents • Policing of illicit drug availability • Treatment of medical complications
Substance Use and Abuse Sociocultural Dimensions Factors increasing likelihood of drug abuse • Significant life stressors • Sexual and physical abuse • Low self-esteem, self-deprecation, anxiety,
conflict • Lower socioeconomic status
Legal Dimensions • Illicit drug use disproportionately affects people of
color. • Hispanic and African American drug offenders have
a greater chance of being sentenced to prison than White offenders; African Americans also receive longer prison sentences than do White offenders.
• Compared to 40 years ago, nearly 10 times more women are currently incarcerated for drug use.
• Drug use during pregnancy: new laws focusing on punishment rather than treatment
Economic Dimensions: Illicit Drugs
• Illicit drug use causes about 50,000 deaths per year and costs $200 billion per year in the U.S. (includes direct and indirect effects).
• $26 billion per year in federal spending to prevent drug use, offer treatment services, fight drug trafficking, and improve drug enforcement and development in other countries
Economic Dimensions: Legal Drugs • Tobacco use causes about $200 billion in economic
damages every year (directly and indirectly) and about 440,000 deaths per year (9x deaths from illicit drugs).
• Pack-a-day smokers spend more than $1000 per year on cigarettes.
• Economic impact of alcohol abuse: $225 billion per year, mostly through lost productivity
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Smoking habits that start during teenage years often become
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Who Is Smoking? Most smokers begin their habits during high school, often before it is legal to do so.
Most smokers begin their habits during high school, often before it is legal to do so.
Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR. (2010). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, United States, 2009. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss5905.pdf
Figure 13-2: Percentage of female high school students who smoke, by race and ethnicity, 1991-2013
Who Is Smoking?
Legal Dimensions of Tobacco Use Examples of smoking legislation • Taxes • Bans on marketing to youth • Tobacco product vending machine sales • Advertising and promotion Discuss: What are the short-term and long-term
goals of each of these efforts? What are the pros and cons for each?
Physiological effects of cigarette smoking Health Consequences
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy has serious consequences for a growing fetus.
Figure 13-3: Physiological effects of cigarette
smoking
U.S. Deaths (Male and Female) Attributable to Cigarette Smoking
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease, cancer (lung and others), and respiratory diseases.
Figure 13-4: Estimated annual deaths related to cigarette smoking among women and girls
Quitting Tobacco • Often the best decision a woman can make for
her health • Not easy, but it can be done (often on second,
third, or fourth attempt) • Many options available: nicotine replacement
therapy, medications, support groups, and therapy
• 1-800-QUIT-NOW for more resources
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Substance Abuse: What Is It, and Why Is It Important?
- Slide 3
- Drugs and the Law
- Effects of Drug Use
- Substance Use and Abuse
- Legal Dimensions
- Economic Dimensions: Illicit Drugs
- Economic Dimensions: Legal Drugs
- Who Is Smoking?
- Slide 11
- Legal Dimensions of Tobacco Use
- Health Consequences
- U.S. Deaths (Male and Female) Attributable to Cigarette Smoking
- Quitting Tobacco
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Chapter 13
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse: What Is It, and Why Is It Important?
• Substance abuse: the overuse, misuse, or addiction to any chemical substance
• There are many forms of substance abuse, including the single greatest preventable cause of deaths in the United States.
Key Terms • Drugs • Recreational drugs • Drug misuse • Drug abuse • Psychological dependence • Tolerance
Drugs and the Law • The lines between drugs that are legal and illegal
can change. – Prohibition – LSD and heroin were developed for medical
use. – Marijuana is legal in four states and Washington
DC (plus more for medicinal purposes), but illegal at the federal level.
• Many legal drugs can still be harmful and easy to abuse (alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs).
Effects of Drug Use • Physiological changes • Mental dependence • Conflicts in interpersonal relationships • Drug-related crime • Creation of treatment facilities • Loss of individual productivity • Care for children of drug-dependent parents • Policing of illicit drug availability • Treatment of medical complications
Substance Use and Abuse Sociocultural Dimensions Factors increasing likelihood of drug abuse • Significant life stressors • Sexual and physical abuse • Low self-esteem, self-deprecation, anxiety,
conflict • Lower socioeconomic status
Legal Dimensions • Illicit drug use disproportionately affects people of
color. • Hispanic and African American drug offenders have
a greater chance of being sentenced to prison than White offenders; African Americans also receive longer prison sentences than do White offenders.
• Compared to 40 years ago, nearly 10 times more women are currently incarcerated for drug use.
• Drug use during pregnancy: new laws focusing on punishment rather than treatment
Economic Dimensions: Illicit Drugs
• Illicit drug use causes about 50,000 deaths per year and costs $200 billion per year in the U.S. (includes direct and indirect effects).
• $26 billion per year in federal spending to prevent drug use, offer treatment services, fight drug trafficking, and improve drug enforcement and development in other countries
Economic Dimensions: Legal Drugs • Tobacco use causes about $200 billion in economic
damages every year (directly and indirectly) and about 440,000 deaths per year (9x deaths from illicit drugs).
• Pack-a-day smokers spend more than $1000 per year on cigarettes.
• Economic impact of alcohol abuse: $225 billion per year, mostly through lost productivity
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Smoking habits that start during teenage years often become
lifelong addictions.
Who Is Smoking? Most smokers begin their habits during high school, often before it is legal to do so.
Most smokers begin their habits during high school, often before it is legal to do so.
Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR. (2010). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, United States, 2009. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss5905.pdf
Figure 13-2: Percentage of female high school students who smoke, by race and ethnicity, 1991-2013
Who Is Smoking?
Legal Dimensions of Tobacco Use Examples of smoking legislation • Taxes • Bans on marketing to youth • Tobacco product vending machine sales • Advertising and promotion Discuss: What are the short-term and long-term
goals of each of these efforts? What are the pros and cons for each?
Physiological effects of cigarette smoking Health Consequences
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy has serious consequences for a growing fetus.
Figure 13-3: Physiological effects of cigarette
smoking
U.S. Deaths (Male and Female) Attributable to Cigarette Smoking
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart disease, cancer (lung and others), and respiratory diseases.
Figure 13-4: Estimated annual deaths related to cigarette smoking among women and girls
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Substance Abuse: What Is It, and Why Is It Important?
- Slide 3
- Drugs and the Law
- Effects of Drug Use
- Substance Use and Abuse
- Legal Dimensions
- Economic Dimensions: Illicit Drugs
- Economic Dimensions: Legal Drugs
- Who Is Smoking?
- Slide 11
- Legal Dimensions of Tobacco Use
- Health Consequences
- U.S. Deaths (Male and Female) Attributable to Cigarette Smoking
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