Substance Abuse Discussion. Help?
Question by Ash: Substance abuse discussion. help?
How does mass media influence alcohol consumption in young people? Provide some examples. What are some of the reasons that elderly may fall into alcohol dependency or even prescription drug dependency?
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Answer by shed2mny tears
elderly people are more likely to have been talking perscriptions their life because they are older and could have more things wrong with them as opposed to a healthy young adult. they might just see the good side to perscriptions like for example: pain killers. they make pain go away and make u happy that the pain is gone. they might just start to take it into fooling theirselves that taking it will make them happy. u get what im saying? i hope this helps.
Answer by Samgirl
The media normalizes young teenage drinking. There are constantly news reports of how a 16 year old was arrested for drunk driving or how marijuana is becoming more popular with middle schoolers. This causes kids that watch it to assume that it’s okay because someone else their age or younger did it. And with the elderly, the most common new trend is that they get hooked on pain meds after a surgery or injury.
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