1. Vaughn, M. G., Salas-Wright, C. P., DeLisi, M., Shook, J. J., " Terzis, L. (2015). A typology of drug selling among young adults in the United States. Substance Use " Misuse, 50(3), 403-413.
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2.1 In the past years, drug dealing or selling has been considered a problem to the economy in most of the states. United States is one among the many nations that have proven to be challenged by this kind of a problem. Young adults are severely affected by drug dealing. As they cope with this, the young individuals tend to be involved in risky behaviors like murder, sexual abuse, and theft. This issue must be addressed to all the adults who may be affected and those who may want to be involved.
2.2 The researchers have found that drug sellers are identical as mentioned before. Instead, it involves friends selling to their friends and those who are have used for a more extended period sell to manage their everyday habits. This route is hardly acknowledged by the media nor their images portrayed. It is because they are lack of general research on the features of the drug dealers originated from the state representation (p.404).
2.3 There are several keywords which are commonly used when considering drug sellers. They, therefore, include drug dealing, drug selling, emerging adulthood, and young adults. Other keys words touch upon norms and drug policy. All these aspects imply to the global black market that is dedicated to cultivate, manufacture, distribute, and sell substance against the drug prohibition laws. Systems based on stigmatizing drug dealer and imprisonment should prevail among the young adults despite the fact that one is a non-hostile and drug dealer.
2.4 An essential concept in this study is prevention. To eradicate drug dealing, one needs to consider the factors for an individual or a group that will be effective. Some of these include policies concerning drugs and the rate at which the provided substance affects a person or a group of people (p.407). The environmental conditions that contribute safer trading and he ethnic groups or race and cultures of the person are also covered.
3. United States research has developed methods on how to inquire more information on drug selling among the young adults. One of the more useful ways is interviewing the personnel. By so doing, it shows that in the previous year before the interview, 16% of men and 4.5% of women dealt with drugs. Most males, unlike females, reported that close friends motivated them to sell substance. Consequently, many women say that their fellows objected then if they did not engage in selling drugs. Through the use of questionnaires, the researchers learned that females who grow up with traumatic events like sexual harassment, physical abuse, and discrimination based on race have less hostile attitudes and norms towards selling (p.409). For a man, who undergoes racial discrimination, he develops hostile attitudes and less friend’s standard towards in drug dealing. The importance of researching substance selling phenomenon is to obtain generalized information. It relies on the finding to attain knowledge from all the communities and not from the only disadvantaged communities. Research also focuses on drug dealing from the early adulthood to know on their transition time when faced with risky towards criminal behaviors. Nevertheless, the study strives to explore and specify the development among the growing substance sellers. Data is collected from the individuals who are teens to those in the twenties. The subject of drugs dealing is young adults aging from 18 to 25 years old. Most of them are forced to practice this problem due to various reasons. Many are influenced by their friends to participate. Also, discrimination is the core factor to drug selling. Many adults practice it, because they were discriminated based on their race. For example, some African-Americans find it hard to land a job, and the only way to earn money is through selling drugs. Most of the young adults sell substance, because they were abused in their early ages either sexually or physically (p.410). This research was done by collecting data that is publicly used. National survey on drug use and health assisted in providing the estimated population of the substance use and health behaviors. The criteria for recruiting the participants involve multistage sampling designs where participants emerge from household residents, residents of shelters, room houses, group homes, and civilians living in the military place. Besides, young adults were oversampled for a practical decision on behavioral and drug estimate of the subgroups. The use of computers to evaluate the participants to provide more information on illicit drug use and high-risk behaviors was efficient. Also, the individuals were paid and interviewed in enclosed areas to acquire more critical information. This methodology was vital, because it provided a detailed description, and the information was documented somewhere where it is safe (p.411).
4. The findings on the criteria show that the mean age was 21 years old. The most affected gender is male with an approximation of 70% regardless of uneven distribution regarding ethnic groups or race. For most families, their annual income is less than 50,000 dollars. Therefore, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health supported the hypothesis by providing the estimated substance use and health-related behaviors of the entire United States.
5. The advantaged group that benefits from the research is the episodic drug sellers in the early adulthood, as they receive the treatment or the interventions. It is because there is the availability of supported interventions for the young people who investigate further on their motive to involve and persist in drug dealing and their early adulthood (p.411). It implies that the public is recommended and not only the drug sellers.
6. The dominant sociological perspective defines the class conflict. Every day, the gap between the rich and the poor is growing bigger. Many low-class people suffer from the deprivation and social inequality, because they can hardly achieve a legitimate way to success. They strive to realize the American dream. Through these objectives, they seek out a means to attain the social stability by selling drugs to make a quick financial gain. Others are brought up in an environment that encourages them to participate in criminal activities. Eventually, only a few live the dream within the more impoverished communities (p.411).
7. In conclusion, the study provides knowledge on the drug sellers. It educates on the reasons as to why some individuals indulge in drugs. A person can be a drug dealer through friends, the background, abuse, or discrimination. Also, substance selling can lead to crimes like rape, murder, or theft. For drug selling to be reduced, there ought to be measures including treatment for the addicted to reduce their daily habits and intervention to motivate and engage in better activities that will improve their financial stability.
References
Vaughn, M. G., Salas-Wright, C. P., DeLisi, M., Shook, J. J., " Terzis, L. (2015). A typology of drug selling among young adults in the United States. Substance Use " Misuse, 50(3), 403-413.
