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Current Views on Drug Addiction

(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...

Hydrocodone Abuse

of Schedule III and, thereby, removes many of the usage restrictions. "Vicodin, Lortab--and more than 200 other products that con...

The Problem of Drug Addiction

about drug use and abuse. That is, while alcohol for example is alone not deadly if used reasonably, the alcohol seemed to reduce ...

The Effects of Pre-Natal Drug Use and Addiction

in one literature review, it was estimated that more than 1.4 million women of childbearing age currently use opiod-derived drugs,...

Nurses and Drug Abuse

have access to a range of drugs. Bennett (et al, 2000) argues that the overall rate of substance abuse in the nursing popualtion r...

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" (...

Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized?

focus to intervention and rehabilitation. Others oppose this view, arguing that the War on Drugs is working and that to decriminal...

Physical Therapy as a Career

health care fields have provided a substantial body of information about their professionals, physic therapy has not assessed thes...

Prison System and Drug Programs

In ten pages prison systems and drug use are examined in a discussion of penal system drug addiction program implementation. Four...

Drug and Alcohol Addiction

challenge easily, but it is not so much if a drugs can challenge easily it matters if a drug is taken in a certain way to present ...

Drugs, Zero Tolerance and City Ice and Cold Storage

The issue of drug use and abuse at City Ice and Cold Storage is not always an easy situation to manage; however, regardless of rec...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

AN OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RESOURCES RECRUITMENT

Focuses on the recruitment and interview process for an addiction counselor and supermarket employee....

Technology as a Societal Addiction

weapons of mass destruction that are the center of world controversy today reflect that fact. These weapons do exist and they exi...

Dependence and Addiction

There is a scale of addiction-on one side is complete abstinence, to abuse, to dependence, to addiction. It is very difficult to h...

Substance Use and Abuse

The Healthy People 2020 project reported that substance abuse in the United States has decreased but there are still more than 20 ...

Should New Drugs Be Labelled As ‘New’ To Indicate A Higher Risk Than Established Dugs?

funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...

ECSTASY (MDMA): The Impacts of the Drug

a number of different fashions, depending on how quickly they want the drug absorbed in their blood stream. Like crack cocaine, M...

The Impacts of Caffeine on Human Behavior

11 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of caffeine on human physiology, with a specific view of t...

Drug Addiction Treatment Through Developmental Psychology

In twelve pages this paper examines how developmental psychology has proven effective in drug addiction treatment therapy. Ten so...

Teen Addiction and Counseling

In eight pages adolescents addicted to alcohol and drugs are examined from a counseling perspective in which addiction is defined ...

Adolescents, Addiction, and Drugs

In eight pages a brief essay format and assemblage of notes consider adolescents and problems of drugs and addiction with a consid...

Criminology Case Study Analysis

she became a prostitute and fulfilled her role as a drug addict who would do anything to get a fix. Of course, labeling theory has...

Drug Addiction and Acupuncture

the feasibility of acupuncture relevant to its treatment modalities and drug addiction, it will be helpful to understand the preci...

Proposal Regarding Young Pregnant African American Females and Crack Cocaine

must be addressed is how to ensure that the children of these pregnancies are not the victims of one of the most dangerous drugs i...

Hispanics and Drug Use

the problem. B. Reluctance to seek treatment. C. Less belief in positive outcome of treatment. D. Direct confrontation can be coun...

Drug Addiction Mock Assessment

for the oldest son), leaving little room for each child to reflect upon his or her own desires. Justin routinely rebelled against...

'A Phase of Life' by John O'Hara

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

Using Gestalt Theory with Families

own feelings, behaviors and thoughts. The phenomenological method of gaining awareness is about "perceiving, feeling and acting" (...

Mamawawa, Sleep, Drug Addiction and Other Issues

the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...