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like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...
Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...
of Schedule III and, thereby, removes many of the usage restrictions. "Vicodin, Lortab--and more than 200 other products that con...
The Healthy People 2020 project reported that substance abuse in the United States has decreased but there are still more than 20 ...
This 5 page report discusses the fact that the majority of the population is aware that there is a serious problem in America wi...
similarly aged teens represent the onset of adulthood in that they help to establish a pattern self-esteem and self-perception tha...
In a paper consisting of nine pages a nationwide plan for prescription drugs is examined in terms of economic feasibility and the ...
Drug abuse, regardless of the type of drug, has a very negative effect on the body and brain of the user and abuser. Chemicals fro...
This paper consists of five pages and examines the problems connected with adult children caring for their elderly parents by disc...
be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...
life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...
"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...
combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...
2007, p. 128). After all, if 23 New York Mets players have either taken in the past or are currently taking performance-enhancing...
In five pages a literature review is presented regarding drug abuse in prisons with linkage between the abuse of substances and re...
In five pages this quantitative research proposal regarding HIV and substance abuse treatment relies upon the statement variable '...
even though the clinic has endured periods of stress. Still, the counselors and other employees lean on each other whenever the cl...
Drug addiction and substance abuse are very complex conditions. The more prolonged they are, the more damage they do to the brain’...
This essay proposes to categorize substance abuse as a chronic disease. The National Institute on Drug Abuse affirms this opinion ...
to are not likely to be illicit drugs but rather the same prescribed drugs with which they treat their patients (Texas Medical Ass...
2004). Schedule II drugs, in comparison are not allowed to be refilled and: "are...
to hire a lawyer. This is true even when police use illegal tactics to secure an arrest. Certainly, there are tax implications an...
international scope quite considerably since the spread of Internet communication. In addition, international travel has itself gr...
The way in which using alcohol and drugs like marijuana serve as a gateway to harder drug use and abuse is the focus of this 5 pag...
In nine pages this paper examines the use and abuse of drugs in America in this consideration of the role of the federal governmen...
self-reported diabetes ranged from 1.6% among persons aged 18-34 years to 12.5% among persons aged 65-74 years" (Current Trends Re...
funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...
was missing during the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix time and time again due to the individua...
This paper first describes 2 cases of abuse, one that pertains to elder abuse and the other to child sexual abuse. Then, the write...
paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...