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It should be an 800-1,000 word literature review that argues how a scholarly conversation about your chosen topic has changed—or not changed—over a period of time, using two sources published between 2000 and 2010 and two sources published between 2011 and 2016. You should integrate summarized, paraphrased, and quoted materials from your four sources to demonstrate your understanding and provide support for your thesis.

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Surname 1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date How drugs and alcohol effect college students during their academic study Thesis Statement Drugs are a part of the society, they have existed in it for decades, and have affected its inhabitants, including college students, permissible ones such as alcohol have had catastrophic impacts since they are legal, and thus they are silent unavoidable killers as noted in the sources outlined in the subsequent sections. Overview Substance abuse is an ongoing problem in the current world. Ranging from abuse of banned substances, medical drugs such as opioids, and legalized options such as alcohol, the options targeted at college students are endless. The pressure at college compounds this issue as these students battle multiple deadlines, hard assignments, peer pressure, and teenage zipping hormones. The effects of these drugs include derailment in education goals, complex health issues such as cancer, and a denial of skills to society as its talented youth are distracted, and their lives wasted. Surname 2 Effect of mental illness 1. Research has found that abuse of prescription drugs, and alcohol among college students results in mental health issues, when these individuals are not accorded the appropriate medical care. 2. Studies have further found that this affects the female gender more than the male. A specific study that attests to these result is the paper written by Lo, Monge, Howell, & Cheng (Lo, Monge, Howell, & Cheng). Effect on emotional intelligence 1. Emotional intelligence is the ability for someone to judge, and understand emotions properly, and respond to them appropriately. 2. In a study conducted by Manoj Sharma, relationships between tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, and emotional intelligence were investigated. The specific elements of emotional intelligence analyzed were understating, utilization, and regulation of emotions. Tests such as the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test were used to determine the relevant facts. The study found that the student’s emotional intelligence levels were direct innovations of their substance abuse problems. The peer effects 1. Peer pressure is the push from agemates, and company that often influence the behavior of college students. 2. In a study conducted by Duncan, Boisjoly, Kremer, Levy & Eccles it was found that when males who admitted to binge drinking in high school were placed in the same room with other male students who practiced the same, they drank more. This effect was not Surname 3 observed in females selected for the experiment (Duncan, Boisjoly, Kremer, Levy & Eccles). Prevalence Studies have shown that of the drugs available in colleges, alcohol is the most abused, with 2 out of 5 American college students being heavy drinkers. This trend is observed more in male students than in their female counterparts. However, students who drank in high school, and never graduated to college have a lesser degree of increased alcohol drinking than their college counterparts (O’Malley, & Johnston). This is a wake-up call for colleges in their efforts to reduce drinking in their attendees. Contribution by individual differences Studies have also found that the individual characteristics of a student have a significant effect on their decision to use illicit drugs. Use of legal drugs often exacerbates the situation as well. A study conducted on Turkish students revealed that factor such as self-esteem, parental level, smoking, and alcohol abuse were likely culprits in inducing students to engage in illicit drug abuse (Ayvasik, & Sumer). Persistence Studies have demonstrated that drug use does not stop at college. It often persists even as these young adults proceed into later years of their lives. In addition, these drugs, apart from leaving a significant negative academic dent, they go on to affect these individuals negatively health wise (Arria, Caldeira, Allen, Begbee). It is therefore important that students are educated on these issues, and counseled by universities on the appropriate mode of operation while on campus. Surname 4 Works Cited Lo, C. C., Monge, A. N., Howell, R. J., & Cheng, T. C. The Role of Mental Illness in Alcohol Abuse and Prescription Drug Misuse: a gender-specific analysis of college students. (2013). Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 45(1), 39-47. Manoj Sharma, M. B. B. S. The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Abuse of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Tobacco Among College Students. (2012). Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 56(1), 8. Duncan, G., Boisjoly, J., Kremer, M., Levy, D. & Eccles, J. Peer Effects in Drug Use and Sex Among College Students (2005). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(3), 375385 O’Malley, P. & Johnston, L. Epidemiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use among American College Students. (2002). Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 14, 23-39 Ayvasik, H. & Sumer, H. Individual Differences as Predictors of Illicit Drug Use Among Turkish College Students. (2010). The Journal of Psychology, 144(6), 489–50 Arria, A., Caldeira, K., Allen, H., Begbee, B. et al. Prevalence and incidence of drug use among college students: an 8-year longitudinal analysis. (2017). The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43(6), 711-71
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