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Substance Abuse: The Case Of Jennifer Mcallister

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The case of Jennifer McAllister is about a 16 year old bi-racial European American and Hispanic teen who has been showing signs of substance use with marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine. At the age of 12 when she was in the seventh grade was when Jennifer started her drug use. After speaking in a confidentially disclosed interview Jennifer confessed that she would drink alcohol with her friends. The drinking was also something that followed the sexual abuse that was going on between her and her father. The initial interaction was when her father began to tell her to stay home more often. Following that he would enter her room and fondle her, next kissing and caressing her. Jennifer said that these action made her feel “confused, …show more content…

There is clearly a substance use problem with alcohol, marijuana, and possibly methamphetamine. These problems possibly came about due to untreated previous life experiences. Child sexual abuse that was confirmed, followed by parent and child relationship problems, and the child being affected by parental relationship distress. As for Ms.Ruiz there may also be some aligning with the parent and child relationship problem as well as sexual partner violence. Lastly, there was disruption of the family by …show more content…

After Jennifer's mother started working two jobs is when Jennifer may have slipped n to "Criterion 3," which is where she would spend a great deal of her time obtaining the substance, using the substance, and later recovering from its effects. "Criterion 4," would be craving which may occur when the person is in an environment that the drug was previously obtained in. This happens every time that Jennifer gets around her friends and skip

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