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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 ...

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...

Abuse of Prescription Drugs

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

Drug Abuse Historical Overview

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

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...

A Review of Battered Women in the Courtroom by James Ptacek

This 5 page essay explores the legal complications faced by a woman litigating abuse. 1 source....

Drug Abuse and the Views of Saint Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato

In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...

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...

Teenagers and Drug Abuse from a Social Perspective

associated with drug abuse can indeed be quite severe. In "Antisocial Behavior by Young People : A Major New Review" authors Mich...

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...

Soccer, Drugs, and Violence

the current status of the problem of associated violence within this sport due largely in part to drugs and/or alcohol. Soccer S...

Public Service Campaign on Drug Abuse

but they are not unreachable if the firm does their homework. Sixteen to twenty-five year olds will not respond, research has show...

High School Strategic Plan

the system. Solutions of course are to enlarge the building and hire more teachers, but in order to do this, the money has to be t...

Older Adults and Substance Abuse

B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....

Long Island City Community Program of Drug Prevention Proposal

drug use, there is good reason to rail against the problem. How can a community organize against drug abuse? First, what is orga...

Drugs and the Risks They Represent

doctor can be more dangerous than people think. In fact, its drug abuse. And its just as illegal as taking street drugs. Whether ...

China and the Possibility of Revolution

societal dictates under which Chinese women had lived for centuries. This period was characterized by a complex interaction betwe...

Relationships Between Crime and Drug Abuse

community. This is when inner cities begin to influence public policy to such a point that "efforts to reverse drug prohibition f...

The Nursing Issue of Drug and Alcohol Abuse among Nurses

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

Arguing in Favor of Reallocating Funds for Programs Involving Drug Abuse and Alcohol Treatment

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

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...

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...

3 Substance Types and Their Effects

addicted to the drug, they are less and less able to deal with the reality of everyday life and often hide away in the false secur...

Drug Abuse Sociological and Psychological Causative Factors

author Nick Davies investigates the problems of drug abuse in Britains largest cities. The slums, ghettos, and red-light areas he...

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...

LSD's History

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