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Users of Drugs and Alcohol and Quitting Smoking

et al, 2005). However, smokers are not limited in their addition, those who are addicted to other substances, such as alcohol. For...

The Long Term Effects of Alcohol on Personality

affected by it. Young people are particularly susceptible to the effects of alcohol as their brains are still developing. Adolesc...

The Breakfast Club/A View of Adolescence

"poor little rich girl or the princess," and is drive to school by her father in a BMW (The Breakfast Club, 1995). Allison is the ...

Medicinal Marijuana

dangerous or physically addictive. Of course, there is some debate about the safety of marijuana. Curtis claims that the FDA will...

Film Adaptation/Shoeless Joe & Field of Dreams

(Stam 54). While these terms seem extreme, they convey the disappointment of the critic, or the general viewer, towards a film tha...

Descartes vs. Russon

Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...

The Effect of Religion on Adolescents Addicted to Illegal Substances

as noted above, is a "protective resource" that counters the effect of something stressful; for example, providing financial suppo...

In Favor Of The Aristide Government

p. 15). Financial backing is one of the most critical components of such an objective. The U.S. Agency for International Develop...

Hepatotoxicity/Mechanisms

have been associated with NRTIs, which are believed to cause mitochondrial dysfunction, which range from oxidative damage to inhib...

Orem, Mid-range & Grand Theories

relationships between self-care agency and the self-care demand" (Kumar, 2007, p. 106). Within the context of Self-Care Deficit ...

The Dangers of Steroid Use

pain and presumably athletes take it for the same reason. The strain on their joints from professional sports is tremendous, and g...

Motivation To Refrain From Drug Use

though the normal machinery of motivation is no longer functioning; they want the drug even when it no longer gives pleasure (Anon...

A Look at Quinine

associated with the treatment of malaria. As a substance, how does quinine chemically react? Quinine reacts in different ways at d...

Troubled Teens: SUDs and DBDs in Adolescent Populations

226) and occurs in as much as 26 percent of the adolescent population, and include alcohol, tobacco and illegal substance use. Su...

Pharmaceutical Joint Ventures in India

November 1992. The cost was just over $10 million, equally split between the two companies. At that time, Eli Lilly was one of the...

Babies Born to Cocaine Abusing Mothers

in the form of crack, the onset is even quicker (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Cocaine creates a sense of well being and t...

Psychological Dependence and Drug Abuse

craving for the drug (Edlin & Golanty, 2009). Someone who has never taken a recreational drug can understand what a craving is lik...

Grand Illusion of President Ronald Reagan's Star Wars Program

which the media quickly nicknamed Star Wars. Reagans grand plan for protecting the United States from Armageddon was heavily prom...

Elderly Women and Drug Misuse

This is a two-topic paper. The first part reviews a journal article about older women using or misusing substances, mostly legal d...

An Essay on Chocolate

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the topic of chocolate and different perspectives on the substance. The author u...

Getting Addicts into Treatment

This essay explains and discusses motivational interviewing and crisis intervention as approaches to persuade substance abusers to...

Pressyres Teenagers Face

is rampant and the increasing rise in cyber-bullying has led too many adolescents to attempting suicide with many succeeding. Soci...

Addiction Ethcial Treatment

In this paper, the writer reflects on the ethical issues associated with treating substance abusers and addiction. The paper cites...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5

This is the manual mental health care professionals use for diagnostic and informational purposes. The manual lists mental health ...

What Causes Birth Defects

A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects/congenital abnormalities. It could also related to the pregnant woman bein...

Relationships & Effective Rehab: Substance Abusers

This paper pertains to therapies designed to aid substance abusers. Literature is surveyed and the writer concludes by offering an...

Supporting Graffiti

In eight pages this paper celebrates inner city graffiti as social messages of substance as well as works of art. Nine sources ar...

Paraquat Spraying of Marijuana Fields by the Government

In ten pages this paper discusses the dangers of paraquat exposure in this consideration of whether or not the government should s...

Effects of Cocaine

In an overview consisting of five pages cocaine is examined in terms of its physical, social, and psychological effects along with...

Material Substance According to David Hume, George Berkeley, and John Locke

In five pages material substance concepts are considered in this contrasting and comparison of three philosophical perspectives wi...