Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol In Adolescence Michael Hoerger.
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Sex Facts
25% by age 14 50% by age 17 90% by age 21 Pregnancy before age 16:
Increased risk of complications 1/6 couples are infertile, primarily due to
untreated STIs
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Sexually Transmitted Infections Higher risk in adolescence due to weaker
immune systems, multiple partners, not using condoms
Most with STIs have no symptoms Curable: Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis Life-long: Herpes, HPV, HIV > 50% lifetime STI rate 25% lifetime herpes rate (90% w/o signs)
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Sex Myths “I can’t get pregnant” Preventing STIs is effective if…
Using birth control pills, pulling out/showering/ brushing teeth/peeing, not having noticeable signs, seeming like a “nice person”
Preventing Pregnancy is effective if… Sex during menstruation, showering
Early pregnancy OR abortion have drastic negative long-term outcomes
Abstinence programs are most effective
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Drugs“Here and everywhere else, we all use drugs: aspirin; coffee; tea; vitamins. How do we define a drug? That’s become a political concept too. It’s no longer a pharmacological concept. Caffeine is certainly one of the most powerful drugs; Coca-Cola Company fills its drinks full of caffeine and it is being sold to children in schools and they become hyperactive. Wonder of wonders!” – Szasz
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Drugs Gateway drugs:
cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana; increase risk for harder drug use
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Drugs Minor drug or alcohol use is normal;
related to better long-term psychological outcomes than no use
Alcohol: impairs decision making (15x the risk for car accidents)
Tobacco: stunts growth, highly addictive Marijuana: slows thinking and reasoning
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Harder Drugs Cocaine (stimulant): heart and respiratory
problems, paranoia, overdose Heroin (opioid): overdose Most problems result from these drugs
being illegal Turf wars, stealing/fencing to afford drugs,
intravenous drug use, withdrawal $100 of heroin could be made for pennies/day
Stimulants like caffeine, Ritalin, nicotine, and cocaine differ mainly in degree
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Drugs and Discrimination “We do our bodies more damage, more
irreversible damage, by smoking cigarettes and drinking liquor than by using heroin” – Reiman
“To cast the problem of psychiatric drug use into the problem of drug use in general is more honest and realistic and should enable each person to make a more informed choice” – Lewontin et al.
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Drugs and Discrimination Marijuana laws began in the 1930s to
discriminate against Mexican Americans Cocaine became popular among the white
upper class in the 1970s; crack among low SES in the 1980s
Mandatory 5-year sentence for 500 grams of powder cocaine OR 5 grams of crack Crack offenders:
86% black, 5% white
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Michael Hoerger
To cite this lecture: Hoerger, M. (2007, March 12). Sex, Drugs,
and Alcohol. Presented at a PSY 220 lecture at Central Michigan University.