Enhancing Abstinence and Preventing Relapse in Alcoholism Research paper Alcoholism Research question: Alcoholism affects approximately 10% Americans time lives. Treatment consists psychosocial intervention, pharmacological intervention,, looming qu Continue Reading...
Psychosocial Ramifications of Drug & Alcohol Abuse A Japanese proverb in its pithiness adequately accounts for the entire process of drug and alcohol abuse. To wit: "Man takes Drink. Drink takes Drink. Drink takes Man." One of the problems with Continue Reading...
Companies are also implanting pre-employment drug screens that are designed to prevent the hiring of individuals who use illegal drugs or individuals whose use of illegal drugs indicates a potential for impaired or unsafe job performance. By not hi Continue Reading...
Mexico faces an array of drug-related problems ranging from production and transshipment of illicit drugs to corruption, violence, and increased internal drug abuse. Powerful and well-organized Mexican organizations control drug production and traff Continue Reading...
Psychoactive Substance Use and Abuse A psychoactive substance refers to any chemical which both impacts the central nervous system and the way the brain functions. Psychoactive substances refer to stimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine, dextroamphetam Continue Reading...
" This is money that should be spent on (a) preventing and healing drug addiction and related issues; (b) more effective, and smarter, law enforcement. Legalizing marijuana would also generate much-needed tax revenues that can be spent on precisely t Continue Reading...
Heroin Drug addiction has been the scourge of our times. Heroin and cocaine especially are the leading cause of imprisonment in the civilized world. (Johnson, 1973) The anti-drug lobbies aver with statistics that show that marijuana users often fall Continue Reading...
Chi-Square Test Study The focus of the research is to use the Chi-Square analysis to test whether the use of marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. Over the years, there is high number of related deaths linked to alcohol in the United States, and Continue Reading...
Behavioral Effects of Abused Drugs The common denominator among all users of abused drugs is the goal of attaining an altered state of consciousness. Whether to escape the reality of their own lives or to fulfill a chemically adventurous inclinati Continue Reading...
economist Approach The production and sale of alcoholic beverages contribute a small share in national product in the United States and in other advanced economies. However, the damaging effects of alcohol consumption on health and safety constitut Continue Reading...
Men believed that a drinking woman was more likely than a sober woman to engage in illicit sex; they feared the sexuality of sober women, and the fears increased with each cup of wine or jug of beer. Nonetheless, women had their cups and their jugs. Continue Reading...
Teenage Issues in America While many parents would like to believe that teenage culture in the United States is just about hanging out with friends, movies and fun, statistics reveal that teenage issues, such as alcohol and drug abuse, violence and Continue Reading...
Vulnerability comes as a result of an interaction between the resources accessible to persons as well as communities and the life challenges they go through. Vulnerability emerges from developmental challenges, individual inabilities, underprivileged Continue Reading...
' If a person does not disclose their drinking behavior if they seek outside help, they may be misdiagnosed as having an anxiety disorder. Mixing alcohol and medications for anxiety disorders can have lethal consequences, as well as prolonging a proc Continue Reading...
Already, "lawmakers in at least three states are considering joining the 13 states that have legalized pot for medical purposes. Massachusetts voters last fall decided to decriminalize possession of an ounce or less of pot; there are now a dozen sta Continue Reading...
SPECIAL POPULATION & SUBSTANCE ABUSE Special Population and Substance Abuse Prison inmates and substance abuse Drug courses or rehabilitation programs for drug offenders The reoffender issue Drawbacks of not providing rehab treatments and fa Continue Reading...
An early report that was conducted by British physicians claimed that they had found irreversible brain damage in ten male marijuana users -- all of whom had been referred to them for medical treatment because of psychiatric illness, neurological sy Continue Reading...
It is also possibly one of the most significant motivational factors among young people. Zuckerman refer to disinhibition as follows. "These who choose to follow a conventional lifestyle might periodically escape by engaging in social drinking..." ( Continue Reading...
High Risk Family Health Assessment and Promotion High-Risk Family Assessment Health Promotion Children of alcoholics and of individuals who abuse other substances are reported as a population "without a clear definition." (COAF.org, 2012) Behavior Continue Reading...
Because numerous clinics decline to offer sleeping medication to the individual withdrawing from opiates, many addicts discharge themselves early from the treatment process (Carver). In regard to treatment, Carver notes: Detoxification technology i Continue Reading...
Crisis Intervention The focus of this work in writing is making a determination of the most optimal course of action and the case formulation in a specific case. A plan of action will be provided and the crisis interpreted within a theoretical frame Continue Reading...
Yes: Carla T. Main Carla Main believes the drinking age should remain at 21, and she bases the first part of her discussion on a project called "The Amethyst Initiative," which has issued a statement calling for an official probe into the drinking l Continue Reading...
All participants will be clinically diagnosed with an addiction problem to alcohol and/or another controlled substance. Those that are addicted to prescription medicine alone will be excluded from the study as they are suspected to represent a diff Continue Reading...
Criminalisation, legalization and the mixed blessing of medicalisation in the U.S.A." Reinarman discusses the issues related to the use of Marihuana. Marijuana or Marihuana has long been used to in America for recreational and medicinal purposes. As Continue Reading...
African-American street gang members, primarily affiliates of Bloods and Crips, distribute crack cocaine and marijuana in the HIDTA region. Asian street gangs dominate distribution of MDMA and high-potency marijuana at the retail level.[footnoteRef: Continue Reading...
client, whose name is Kate and is the main character in the 2013 film Smashed, displays compulsive behavior and a marked addiction towards alcohol and the classic symptoms of alcoholism in the scene in which she parks her car before going to teach e Continue Reading...
Social Justice Social Work Value/Social Justice- For centuries, philosophers have puzzled the human condition. Since humans have lived together there have been queries about how and why humans acts the way they do, not just individually, but how the Continue Reading...
Equal Protection Clause of 14th Amendment The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment extended to protections of the Bill of Rights to all Americans, including pregnant women. Therefore, it is fundamentally unconstitutional under the equ Continue Reading...
Personal Change Plan: Alcohol Consumption Overview My personal plan for change focuses on cutting down my alcohol consumption and working towards cessation. Although I am an extremely active and healthy indiv Continue Reading...
Several authors like Sullivan (2001) point out the hypocrisy in drawing arbitary lines around certain classes of drugs. In fact, all drugs are potentially harmful. Even caffeine is bad for health when abused. Legally acquired pharmaceutical drugs c Continue Reading...
Speech on Alcoholism and Addiction Main Points: I. Alcoholism is an addiction, not a character flaw. Treating alcoholism requires modern rehabilitation methods. The "Twelve-Step" program advocated by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) represents an extre Continue Reading...
Creditability and Appropriateness of Lorazepam and Gabapentin Studies for the Detoxification of the Alcohol-Dependent Patient Although benzodiazepines such as lorazepam remain the intervention of choice for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal sympt Continue Reading...
Americas Coalition Puts Marijuana Legalization Up for Discussion. Retrieved from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/world/americas/nations-in-americas-urged-to-consider-legalizing-pot.html?_r=0 Bakalar, N. (2006). Marijuana as Me Continue Reading...
Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 certainly had noble intentions and safeguards. Indeed, there is a definitive reason why physicians are allowed a certain set of rights and responsibilities and why nurse practitioners are just a little further do Continue Reading...
Microeconomics Supply has an undeniable impact upon price. When supply goes down, price goes up. In this instance, a rapid decrease in supply has led to an increase in the price of lettuce. Unlike producers of other goods and services, farmers canno Continue Reading...
" Moreover, instead of spending billions of dollars on fighting the war, the Mexican government could channel this money -- which is significant for the Mexican economy -- into meeting the population's social needs, thus decreasing the incentives for Continue Reading...
danger signals of drug abuse and how can they be used to identify possible abusers? There can be various danger signals that may indicate the possibility of substance abuse in individuals. These signals will obviously appear in a variety of context Continue Reading...
In general, preferential child molesters are much more dangerous that situational child molesters, largely because they typically account for more than one-hundred victims before being apprehended whereas situational child molesters are rarely as p Continue Reading...
For the second research question, they are as follows: presence of a spouse (nominal), presence of a life partner (nominal), being single (nominal), divorced (nominal), has had previous meaningful relationships (ordinal), and has never had previousl Continue Reading...
Addiction of Teenagers to Prescription Drugs Addiction of teenage prescription drugs The problem of addiction of teenagers to prescription drugs has been on rise in modern days. It is estimated that daily in the United States 2,500 youth abuse pres Continue Reading...
