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Ethnicity and Substance Abuse

Perspective, 2002). These substances can include alcohol, sedatives, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, c...

Children and the Impact of Substance Abuse

children of alcoholics are more likely to experiment with alcohol at earlier ages than other children (Vail-Smith and Knight, 1994...

Counseling and Treatment for Substance Abuse

with medications which offer help in suppressing the craving and withdrawal symptoms associated with blocking the effects of the d...

Substance Abuse and Teenagers

ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...

Substance Abuse and Emile Durkheim's Social Theories

a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...

A Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

would relapse into drug use within the first three months after completion. More than likely, the number would be closer to 8 out ...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

Women, AIDS and HIV in the District of Columbia

2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...

The Social Problem of Substance Abuse

of the overall problem of substance abuse to inform potential methods for change, it is necessary to consider both the driving and...

Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Programs

conclusions reached by these research teams. The point of this investigation is to try to discern patterns in the literature that ...

Article Critique/Male v. Female Substance Abuse Patterns

A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AGENCY

This 10-page paper focuses on the development and running of a substance abuse agency in upstate New York. Topics include organiza...

Counseling Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment

population, with the largest demographic designation being individuals of mixed race, as they comprise 6 percent of the population...

Drug Abuse and the Elderly

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

The Expensiveness, Seriousness, and Commonality of Alcoholism

the social costs." The remedy has been to treat the victims of alcohol abuse rather than to challenge the strong economic and poli...

The Adult Children of Alcoholics

abuse; depression, or post- traumatic stress syndrome. It is not necessary to diagnose your parent. Alcohol disrupts the consisten...

United Kingdom and United States' Treatments for Substance Abuse

In six pages this paper considers substance abuse treatment options in these countries with the workplace setting the primary focu...

Divorce and its Causes

In ten pages this paper examines physical and substance abuse and infidelity as cause of married couples getting divorced. There ...

Poverty, African Americans, and Substance Abuse

In nine pages this paper discusses the connection between poverty, African Americans, and substance abuse in a consideration that ...

Adolescent Treatment of Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper incorporates sections from the KTadldrg.wps paper file and briefly describes Mount Freedom, New Jersey's ...

Newspaper Editorial Evaluation

In five pages a September 9, 1998 editorial featured in The Arizona Republic involving a wife's efforts to protect her daughter wh...

Juvenile Delinquency, Domestic Violence, and the Effects of Substance Abuse

In twelve pages this paper examines how juvenile delinquency and domestic violence increases are affected by substance abuse in th...

Substance Abuse and AIDS Correlation

In six pages the relationship between substance abuse, particularly heroin, and AIDS is discussed and AIDS' effects on intravenous...

Health Care Industry and Ethical Issues Posed by Substance Abuse During Pregnancy

In 6 pages this paper examines the ethical issues associated with the abuse of substances during pregnancy from a health care prof...

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...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

REBT/Treatment for Alcoholism

ones life (Mulhauser, 2011). The first reaction, that is, normal grief, leads to sadness, which is a perfectly healthy, normal par...

HB326, A Louisiana Bill

issues that contraindicate the effectiveness and utility of this legislation, as passage of HB326 facilitates the delivery of emer...

Aspects of Substance Abuse

For example, the Addictive Personality theory maintains that addiction is not due to the chemical effect of the drug, but rather i...

Criminal Offenses and Substance Abuse

with 0 meaning definitely not and 100 meaning definitely. A definite score indicating mental illness caused the person to commit t...