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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN NEW JERSEY

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN NEW JERSEY

Annotated Bibliography: Substance Abuse among Young Adults in New Jersey

Substance Abuse among Young Adults in New Jersey

Zgoba, K. M., Reeves, R., Tamburello, A., & Debilio, L. (2020). Criminal Recidivism in Inmates with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the , 48(2), 209-215.

This article analyzes the relationship between criminal recidivism and substance abuse in New Jersey. About two-thirds of people who are released from prison are rearrested before the next three years run out and the majority of these are those who engaged in substance abuse before their incarceration. The article indicates that the statistic remained the same even with intervention to help the individuals deal with substance abuse disorders with their release. These interventions include; prescription of antipsychotic medicine, injection of antipsychotic medication, or involuntary uptake of antipsychotics. According to the article, there is a need to control substance abuse in the community to complement efforts that seek to limit criminal activities in the same. Failure to control substance abuse among young people cripples the efforts of the criminal system to limit incarceration and recidivism. The article indicates that the societal and financial cost of arresting and incarcerating lawbreakers is burdensome. It becomes more burdensome when efforts against recidivism are thwarted by individuals dealing with substance abuse disorders.

Stoner, S. B. (1988). Undergraduate marijuana use and anger. The Journal of psychology, 122(4), 343-347.
This article aims to find the difference between college students who use marijuana and those that do not. The results of this research would reveal the relationship between marijuana use and personality dimensions. According to the author, students who reported regular consumption of marijuana showed higher levels of aggressiveness when the situations around them made them angry compared to those who did not use the drug. The article reveals that students who used marijuana frequently were more impulsive during their moments of anger than those who did not partake in the drug. The information in this article will be relevant to compare the tendency of college students to use marijuana in the 1980s century and the past few years.
Jost, J. J., Tempalski, B., Vera, T., Akiyama, M. J., Mangalonzo, A. P., & Litwin, A. H. (2019). Gaps in HCV knowledge and risk behaviors among young suburban people who inject drugs. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(11), 1958.

The authors of this article reveal the lack of knowledge amongst young people in New Jersey on the risks that accompany injecting drugs. According to the article, exposure to the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the risks that people who inject drugs (PWID) face. Many young PWID lacked knowledge on the transmission of HVC, its symptoms, and the medicinal therapy that acts immediately and directly to counter the virus. The article indicates that the young in New Jersey who injected drugs did not consider the risks of their behavior to their health. In this case, the behaviors included: sharing drug paraphernalia and reusing needles. The article states that the reason why young suburban PWID downplay the risk of previous and present behavior is because of the lack of accurate and up-to-date information on HVC. There is a need to develop innovative messages on HVC and the relationship between its prevalence and careless injection of drugs among PWID. The message should be tailored to suit the target audience to promote its reception to promote the prevention and treatment of the virus in the population.
Rozwadowski, F., Caulcrick-Grimes, M., McHugh, L., Haldeman, A., Fulton, T., Killerby, M., … & Watson, J. (2018). Notes from the field: fatalities associated with human adenovirus type 7 at a substance abuse rehabilitation facility—New Jersey, 2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67(12), 371.

This article examines the outbreak of multiple Human Adenovirus (HAdV) at a substance abuse rehabilitation center in New Jersey in 2017. According to the article, the outbreak resulted in fatalities and more infections prompted the local health department to partner with the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and CDC to analyze the situation and recommend inflectional control strategies in the facility. The investigation into the outbreak revealed that the fatalities had conditions resulting from substance abuse. For instance, one of the three fatal cases had cirrhosis while another had cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus type 2. The article indicates that all the fatalities had reported a history of alcoholism. Drinking alcohol puts one at three times more risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome. According to the article, health care providers in substance abuse rehabilitation centers should watch out for HAdV-7 as a possible cause of morbidity and mortality in the way it causes severe respiratory illness among its patients. The information in this article will be useful in describing the health risks that young people who engage in substance abuse in New Jersey face even when seeking rehabilitation.
Curry, A. E., Yerys, B. E., Metzger, K. B., Carey, M. E., & Power, T. J. (2019). Traffic crashes, violations, and suspensions among young drivers with ADHD. Pediatrics, 143(6).

This article relates the rate of traffic crashes, violations, and suspensions among young drivers with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The article reveals that adolescent drivers who engage in alcohol consumption in New Jersey were 2.1 times more likely to be involved in or cause crashes than those adolescent drivers without ADHD. Drivers with ADHD were the group with the highest rates of traffic violations. According to the article, adolescents with the condition in New Jersey were 3.6 times more likely to carry out alcohol and/or drug violations in the first few months of receiving their driving licenses.

References

Curry, A. E., Yerys, B. E., Metzger, K. B., Carey, M. E., & Power, T. J. (2019). Traffic crashes, violations, and suspensions among young drivers with ADHD. Pediatrics, 143(6).
Jost, J. J., Tempalski, B., Vera, T., Akiyama, M. J., Mangalonzo, A. P., & Litwin, A. H. (2019). Gaps in HCV knowledge and risk behaviors among young suburban people who inject drugs. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(11), 1958.
Rozwadowski, F., Caulcrick-Grimes, M., McHugh, L., Haldeman, A., Fulton, T., Killerby, M., … & Watson, J. (2018). Notes from the field: fatalities associated with human adenovirus type 7 at a substance abuse rehabilitation facility—New Jersey, 2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67(12), 371.
Stoner, S. B. (1988). Undergraduate marijuana use and anger. The Journal of psychology, 122(4), 343-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.1988.9915521

Zgoba, K. M., Reeves, R., Tamburello, A., & Debilio, L. (2020). Criminal Recidivism in Inmates with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the , 48(2), 209-215.