Substance Use Question Paper
Name: _________________________________________
1. Introduce the person you interviewed. Provide demographics, relevant characteristics, and context that you believe are important for understanding this person and the substance use.
The interviewee is a 24-year-old female in recovery from an addiction to crack cocaine. She has the tendency to have anxiety in most situations and also deals with the mental complications of being a mother to a toddler. These complications include headaches, trouble sleeping, and irritability. On top of her own choice to use the respondent also lives in a state in which marijuana use is legal both medicinally and recreationally.
2. What substance is used? What route(s) of administration are used? How much, how often and when is …show more content…
This consists of smoking marijuana, taking marijuana oil drops, using weed butter to cook meals, and eating edibles from a dispensary. It is stated that her use is mostly in the evening or before bed.
3. Address triggers for the substance use and consequences/impairments/withdrawal associated with the substance use. How is this person’s life changed/affected because of the substance use? What is the person not doing because of the substance use?
The triggers for her occur when she has pain, discomfort, or the inability to sleep. It was concluded that the subject does not experience withdrawal from her use but does experience slight consequences or impairments. She feels as if the drug makes her feel mentally impaired and forgetful. This feeling forms an unwillingness to do daily activities. It is also mentioned that the subject feels “hungover” if she uses too much right before she goes to sleep. However, the respondent also feels as if her life has not been changed or affected due to her current substance use.
4. Address WHY – reasons you believe this person uses the
1. Introduce the person you interviewed. Provide demographics, relevant characteristics, and context that you believe are important for understanding this person and the substance use.
The interviewee is a 24-year-old female in recovery from an addiction to crack cocaine. She has the tendency to have anxiety in most situations and also deals with the mental complications of being a mother to a toddler. These complications include headaches, trouble sleeping, and irritability. On top of her own choice to use the respondent also lives in a state in which marijuana use is legal both medicinally and recreationally.
2. What substance is used? What route(s) of administration are used? How much, how often and when is …show more content…
This consists of smoking marijuana, taking marijuana oil drops, using weed butter to cook meals, and eating edibles from a dispensary. It is stated that her use is mostly in the evening or before bed.
3. Address triggers for the substance use and consequences/impairments/withdrawal associated with the substance use. How is this person’s life changed/affected because of the substance use? What is the person not doing because of the substance use?
The triggers for her occur when she has pain, discomfort, or the inability to sleep. It was concluded that the subject does not experience withdrawal from her use but does experience slight consequences or impairments. She feels as if the drug makes her feel mentally impaired and forgetful. This feeling forms an unwillingness to do daily activities. It is also mentioned that the subject feels “hungover” if she uses too much right before she goes to sleep. However, the respondent also feels as if her life has not been changed or affected due to her current substance use.
4. Address WHY – reasons you believe this person uses the