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Adolescent Drug Abuse, Diminished Social Skills, and Low Self Esteem

In six pages this paper examines the problem of adolescent drug abuse in a consideration of various issues and the determining fac...

University Environment and Drug Addiction

elaborate the description of a college campus as a community...] Major drugs used for addictions can be arranged in four categori...

Drug Use in the Workplace and its Solutions

within the workplace; in fact, in a recent study, it was chosen as the "most frequent substance used"5 to the tune of eighty-seven...

Mexico and Corruption

changed. Mexicos history, again, is rather dismal in terms of corruption and much work is yet to be done. II. Police Corruption...

Drug Abuse Historical Overview

identify, and treat deviants" (Indiana.edu, 2001). Conflict theory and its variants - Marxism/radical sociology/critical theory an...

Abuse of Prescription Drugs

the survey. The drugs reported as being used included opiods, tranquilizers, stimulants and sedatives (PG). There are certain tr...

Essay on Drug Abuse

Clearly, even the World Health Organization cannot succinctly define "drug abuse" in a manner that is able to be consistently appl...

Pregnant Women's Rights and Fetuses' Rights

In five pages this paper discusses the abuse of drugs in this consideration of pregnant women's rights versus the rights of the fe...

How to Community Drug Abuse Before It Starts

services to the unique needs of the residents. By providing a broad range of services, the agency has traditionally been a focal p...

School Personnel Drug Testing Benefits

In eight pages the advantages of testing all academic personnel for drug use and abuse are detailed. Seven sources are cited in t...

Literature Review on Teen Drug Abuse

In five pages this research paper examines various theories regarding teenage drug abuse in a consideration of peer pressure and o...

Injuries in the Workplace Caused by Workers

But in the old days, it was rare for someone to come to work stoned on drugs or for managers to have to worry about cokeheads in t...

Public School Violence and Interviewing Techniques

In eleven pages this research paper considers how alternative approaches and interviewing failures have reduced the incidences of ...

Drug Use and Psychosocial Motivations

In ten pages this paper discusses the psychosocial motivations people have for using and abusing drugs. Six sources are cited in ...

Sample of a Community Health Assessment

As well, a full seventy-five percent of low-income citizens lack even the most basic of medical screenings, having typically gone ...

Problems of Adolescence

Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...

Mood Disorder: Case Study

Being a temporary mood lifter, marijuana actually creates even more of a problem for someone experiencing the throes of major depr...

Should The United States Legalize Medical Marijuana Use?

of such states as Montana (Anonymous, 2005), Rhode Island (Roman, 2006) as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Ne...

Incarceration v. Rehabilitation in the Drug Abuse Issue

The view that incarceration is not the solution for drug abuse is supported by a wide cross-section of our population. Author Jam...

Substance Abuse and Adolescents

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

Trends and Statistics on Drug Use

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

Drug Abuse, its causes and effects

they are addicted and also when they feel that they cannot deal with the problems in life without the drug(Mayo Clinic Staff). W...

Effect of Childhood Experience of Sex Abuse on Marriage

a history of child abuse has an effect on their marriages. Literature review While it is generally accepted by the vast majority...

Against Animal Cruelty

(Vollum, Buffington-Vollum and Longmire 209). It has been argued that animals, in their own right, are worthy of consideration and...

Two Major Social Problems

computers, and increasing insurance coverage are three simple factors that might have increased the number of reports made to auth...

Substance Abuse and Burlington Northern Railroad

because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...

Young People and the Impact of Substance Abuse

had fewer suicidal thoughts than those who used drugs and engaged in sex (2004). Those who used marijuana, and perhaps other illeg...

Pharmacology and Substance Abuse

of Revia is the potential for the drug to cause liver problems (Drugstore.com, 2003a). Consequently patients who have existing l...

LSD's History

touted as the proverbial magic bullet. It was proscribed for everything from migraines to schizophrenia. The LSD craze, however, g...

TV and Substance Abuse

long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...