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In ten pages the writer probes the impacts of substance abuse on the abuser and others through a research study that includes a hy...
Gastric metabolism is almost nonexistent for alcoholic women (Kilbourne, 1992; p. 4). Thus far, most research on alcoholism has ...
In eight pages this paper examines the US abuse of alcohol in a consideration of causes, psychological and social effects, and tre...
of Schedule III and, thereby, removes many of the usage restrictions. "Vicodin, Lortab--and more than 200 other products that con...
The Healthy People 2020 project reported that substance abuse in the United States has decreased but there are still more than 20 ...
grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...
Drug abuse, regardless of the type of drug, has a very negative effect on the body and brain of the user and abuser. Chemicals fro...
The way in which using alcohol and drugs like marijuana serve as a gateway to harder drug use and abuse is the focus of this 5 pag...
prevention of alcohol abuse from a community perspective has made Sacramento, California a precedent setting city whereby extended...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...
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...
and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a national survey in which 22% of teenagers said it is likely that they will u...
B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....
because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...
had fewer suicidal thoughts than those who used drugs and engaged in sex (2004). Those who used marijuana, and perhaps other illeg...
long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...
entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...
the current status of the problem of associated violence within this sport due largely in part to drugs and/or alcohol. Soccer S...
similarly aged teens represent the onset of adulthood in that they help to establish a pattern self-esteem and self-perception tha...
11 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of caffeine on human physiology, with a specific view of t...
(Kelly and Kowalyszyn, 2003; Saggers and Gray, 1997, Weller et al, 1992), however in many instances the attention has been focused...
consumption is risky as well (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Food does absorb some of the alcohol. Also, in addition to alcoh...
as their economic base shrinks, poor, inner-city, minority neighborhoods become increasingly marginalized, disenfranchised, and po...
life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...
alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...
In seventeen pages this paper discusses substance abuse in teens with the emphasis upon Alaska and what changes can be enacted by ...
In eight pages a variety of methods regarding substance abuse in the workplace are discussed and include detection and eradication...