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Dean Slavin
ANT-221-E25
Spring 2022
American Indians and Alaska Natives
(AI/ANs) have some of the highest rates of substance use compared with other ethnic groups, causing the incarcerations of Native Americans to be high and is affecting the youth in these tribes. How does the Native American drug and alcohol problem compare to the rest of America and what is being done to attack this problem?
Data that has been collected over time has indicate that American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest rates for use of marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, hallucinogens, and non-medical use of psychotherapeutics compared to other ethnic groups, (Young, Joe, 2009).
In the (Hawkins et al, 2004) articular community involvement was talked about and how many of these community's take an universal approach to help with their drug problems. We need to take an approach were we help small groups of people and not such a large verity. be more personable and not so robotic because not everyone have the same problems. " Epidemiological data indicate that the level of substance use problems experienced by this population is endemic, need for effective prevention and treatment services is paramount" (Hawkins et al, 2004).
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After completing my research I do belive that some Native Americans have some kind of addiction to either drugs or alcohol. I do also feel that more could be done to help these people. It's also sad to read about how young these kids are when they get addicted. I do think that their addictions rate arent crazy high compared to the rest of the United States.
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Alcohol and Drug Use Among American Indian/Alaska Native Populations." Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 8, no. 3 (2009): 223-41.