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Population Control in China

policy," with the goal of leveling out the population at 1.2 billion by the year 2000, and then bringing it down to 700 million ov...

A Shelter for Drug Abusing Pregnant Teens Proposal

In the end, with help from a facility, it is hoped that such girls will be able to get on their own two feet and also be able to m...

Women with a Victimization History and Drug Abuse Treatment Management

the phenomena" (Conceptual Framework). The researcher might also choose to use in depth interviews and face-to-face conversation ...

Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...

Early Childhood Trauma and Recovered Memories

Psychologists are challenged when trying to separate fact from fiction as it respects the extent to which childhood abuse occurred...

Addressing Drug Abuse

Drug addiction is one of societys most concerning problems. Whether the addiction is to a prescription drug or a street drug, the...

Diagnostic Approaches to Mental Illness

clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)

Drug Abuse Resistance Education, the program most commonly referred to as D.A.R.E. targets kids in the classroom with information ...

Zip Code 11572 and Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs

alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...

Social Work Film Analysis, Requiem for a Dream

This essay analyzes Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream" and discusses how its characters illustrate the effects of ...

Pharmaceutical Maketing Ploys and Viagra vs. Levitra

Advertising could be contended to be one of the most influential factors of our modern life. Advertising can, of course, take a v...

Downsizing - Hypothetical Case Study

That means they have a direct impact on each other and change in one area will result in changes in the other areas. Summary of A...

Marijuana Propaganda verses Fact

Our society has changed radically over recent history. One of the reflections of this change is an evolution in the way that...

Overcrowding in Florida Prisons

properly! In 1968, the Nixon administration declared a "war" on illicit drug use and by 1972, the prison populations experienced...

Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, and Media's Portrayal, the Effect on Children

clear that the portrayal of underage alcohol and drug abuse that is presented in the media, as well as the portrayal of sexual beh...

Overviewing the Common Drugs Niacin, Thiamine, Revia, Ibogaine, Librium, Methadone, and Antabuse

the medicine (Drugstore.com, 2003a). Other side effects include nausea, dizziness, decreased appetite, irregular bowel movements...

Toxicity and Drug Absorption Impacts and Enzymatic Polymorphism

natural selection and the "accumulated mutations, deletions, duplications, and other changes" incurred by CYP families, they now a...

The Ethics of Coerced Treatment for Addiction

crime to pay for their habits, they fail academically, and they fail in society as a whole. Drug abusers can become violent or en...

Breast Cancer and the Medication Tamoxifen

must be evaluated and considered against possible negative risks. The following discussion of tamoxifen looks specifically at the ...

Overview of the Drug Lamisil

fungal spores; in cases of toenail fungus, for which Lamisil seems to be prescribed frequently, these live under the nail, making ...

Illegal Use of Drugs by Teens

of problems including increased risk of serious drug use later in life, school failure and poor judgment which could put teens at ...

Athletes and Drugs

In twenty pages this paper considers the drug use among certain athletes and the negative effects this has had upon professional s...

Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Depression

most common being dry mouth. Other side effects can include sleeplessness, headaches and loss of appetite, although more patients ...

Economy of Colombia and Drug Trafficking's Effects

of its economy have, on average, have been only 1.9% above or below the average growth rate of its GDP. This has been due to conse...

Use of Heroin, Dependency, and Treatment Alternatives

In ten pages the drug heroin and its addictive characteristics are examined in a consideration of use, dependency, effects, and tr...

Drugs and Prenatal Exposure Effects

In fourteen pages this research paper examines the oftentimes conflicting research literature findings regarding the effects of pr...

Are Antidepressants Effective?

In an essay focusing on Prozac and other similar drugs the benefits of antidepressants are emphasized in an argument supporting th...

Rate of Recidivism and Drug Use

Before delving into proving the thesis, looking at relevant literature and statistics, it is important to look at drug use and its...

U.S. High Schools and Drug Use

In this paper consisting of 7 pages the uses of licit and illicit drugs in the high schools of the United States are examined in t...

Overview of Designer Drugs

In twenty pages designer drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, roofies, and Ecstasy are discussed in terms of their content, origin, h...