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The Liza Minnelli Case

have been abused themselves will inevitably abuse others if in fact they do not get help. Simpson (2000) writes: "In those familie...

Traci West/Wounds of the Spirit

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

Sports and Steroids

to articulate and enforce some type of punitive steroid policy. The current penalties for positive use are as follows: Offense/...

African Americans and Substance Abuse

still come to black neighborhoods to buy drugs...Blacks were relegated to the lower rungs of the drug trade, and it exposed them o...

Lisa Steinberg Case of Domestic Abuse

scene when an emergency call had come to the police about six year old Lisa Steinberg (Gross, Powell & Daley, 1987). She had stopp...

Northern Ireland's Human Rights Offenses

In twenty pages this paper considers Northern Ireland and its historical pattern of abusing human rights in a discussion of releva...

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" (...

Different Clients and Different Types of Social Work Practice

many motivated families waiting for help; the resistant families will call back when they finally feel the need; there is no need ...

An Article on Drug Addiction and Korean Teens Summarized

after a period of detoxification passed, the teens began to reconsider this position and reconsider their past lives. From retra...

Alcohol as a Drug Discussion

juice etc. This mixture of yeast and juice is left to ferment for several weeks in a container that does not allow air to enter, ...

Substance Abusers and Harm Reduction Attitudes

media campaign and treatment received the least (32 percent), (Drug Policy Foundation [DPF], 2000; ONDCP, 2000). A RAND study indi...

Abuses of Human Rights, Imperialism, and Terrorism

took place due to the better opportunities for Muslims in the Ottoman bureaucracy (John, 2004). This may have been the first hist...

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 ...

Health and Alcohol as Perceived by a GP Nurse

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

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...

Client Interactions and Substance Abuse

the Catholic Church and in work communities. Juans mother, Marianna, lives a block away and spends time with the children after s...

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...

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...

Substance Abuse and Society

to hire a lawyer. This is true even when police use illegal tactics to secure an arrest. Certainly, there are tax implications an...

Domestic Abuse Cases and the 1973 Stockholm Syndrome

the issues, and potential solutions, for domestic violence more understandable. These methodologies are only applicable, however,...

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...

Mentally Ill Individuals and Substance Abuse

that "as a consequence of their illness they may find themselves living in marginal neighborhoods where drug use prevails" (Hatfie...

Punishing Abuse

two of which occurred while she was incarcerated (Ackerman, 2004). Psychiatric patients are forbidden to engage in sex, "but San...

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...

Attachment Theories Explained

In a paper consisting of seven pages the attachment theories according to Bronfenbrenner, Rutter, Ainsworth, and Bowlby are explai...

Communication and Alcoholics

types of communication regardless of the formal or informal status. For example when we have a conversation the way a person stand...

The Field of Forensic Nursing

This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...

Explaining the Increase in Marijuana Use

is a part and parcel of a recent fashion trend along with fuzzy lamps and tie-dyed tee shirts. Everyone sporting a hat with a leaf...

Cinematic Portrayals of Human Rights Offenses

In five pages this paper examines how public awareness of human rights' offenses was heightened by the shocking abuses featured in...