How age is important in prevention strategy for substance use disorder
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War on drugs
For over half a century now, the world has been trying to curb the widespread use of drugs, the use of which has varied effects from severe damage and addiction to overdosing.
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Risk factors
Over the years, research into substance use disorder has found the risks of it, but now a new study has found that risks vary across age groups and is looking at new ways to beat addiction.
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Prevention over cure
While most anti-drug stratagems focus on individuals refusing, the study from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is asking to shift focus to which substances are abused in a specific environment and curbing those.
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Nature vs. nurture
The study analysed over 300 articles on abuse, and aimed to find what caused people to abuse drugs. The answers ranged from adverse childhood experiences, trauma, chronic health diseases, environmental factors, family history, social determinants, grief and loss.
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Different ages, different abuse
However, risk factors varied across ages; for instance, children below 18 took to drugs due to peer pressure and adverse childhood experiences, while young adults - even those without family history - did drugs due to societal pressures and adulthood adversities.
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Custom programs
The study suggests that using this data to tailor drug abuse programs for each age group could ultimately lead to better results in drug abuse prevention and possibly ease the need for specialised counsellors.