Drug Users And Its Effects On America - 1090 Words

According to the article, â€Å"Gender Differences in Social Support and Depression among Injection Drug Users in Houston, Texas†, written by the authors Jan Rousser, Alice Cates, Hafees, Reman and William Risser in 2010, there are many injection drug users in Houston Texas. Injection drug users are frequently exposed to sexually transmitted diseases and also many different kinds of drugs. Injection drug users are also exposed to many sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS due to their risky behaviors in shooting galleries in Houston Texas. In 2007, there has been a ten percent increase in new HIV diagnosis. Many men and women engage in risky sexual behaviors while they are under the influence o heroin, cocaine, or†¦show more content†¦The hypotheses, according to this article are there gender differences in Social support and depression among injection drug users in Houston, Texas. Drug using men and women are definitely nine times more likely to sh are drugs than non drug user. These users are also less likely to share needles or using equipment with anyone. The article states that there are low levels of social support and they are associated with depressive symptoms. Do men and women have different social supports groups and do they use their support group in different ways? The article states that their male partners introduce some women to drug injection and so they get inject drugs with them. According to the article women also have differences in their social support and also they have depressive symptoms between males and women drug users in Houston Texas. The review of prior literature in this article did give a good idea of how the study can make new contributions to society by using the CES-D and the MSPSS tools. According to the article the theory that the researcher conducted test the hypothesis and the theory is supported by data from the research. The way that the authors obtained their sample was â€Å"Form the Houston site of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) program.† The article also states that this program is funded and it aims to assess a proportion of the population that has a disease, such as HIV/AIDS. It is an also testing