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...
Friends From the Wrong Crowd One of the most challenging things among the young people on America is the idea of bad company. This problem is so pronounced and serious taking into account that the people who surround and individual largely dictates Continue Reading...
Four years later, the average federal drug sentence for African-Americans was 49% higher." (Vagins and McCurdy, 2006) Additionally stated by Vagins and McCurdy is: "In 2000 there were more African-American men in prison and jails than there were in Continue Reading...
Criminal Smehra Black Tar Heroin Dealer I am sitting in my ex-roommate's living room. The television casts the only light in the room. It dances on the coffee table and upon our faces; a dull placid light from some meaningless rerun on Nick at Nite Continue Reading...
Marijuana users are accustomed to consuming the substance even with the fact that they risk greatly from the act. "Few people claim that they would change the amount they used if marijuana were legalized (Johnston, Bachman, & O'Malley, 1981). A Continue Reading...
Family Interventions -Mother can attend cancer support groups and receive advice and education through other channels regarding proper methods of providing care and improving quality of life for her husband -Son can explore employment options as Continue Reading...
"You could say that anything that makes you feel better," Bock says, "whether chocolate or sex or invigorating exercise or a relaxing evening (depending on one's condition or circumstances), is good for you and could be viewed as medicine. Indeed, m Continue Reading...
Employee Drug Testing Is it Ethical or an Invasion of Privacy? Last Christmas, I took a part-time job as a cashier in a retail store. On the same day that I was hired, the manager informed me that I would have to submit to a drug test. Since I'm d Continue Reading...
Black Markets and Their Results Introduction to black markets, and why they exist Drug trafficking Its related problems Nuclear weapons The trafficking of nuclear weapons Affect on society and safety Human trafficking Organ trafficking and it Continue Reading...
Gangs and gang-related activities are serious problems in American society. Books like Snitch, by Allison van Diepen, show that gangs are infiltrating almost every part of America and are leading to the proliferation of drugs, weapons, and human traf Continue Reading...
Nursing Course Project Milestone #3: Peer Review Form To complete a peer review on another students draft for change capstone project, identifying strengths and weakness with recommendations for improvement. Directions: Complete the peer review f Continue Reading...
Labor Relations & Globalization Argue for or against the use of the "school voucher program." Which do you believe is right? Explain your answer. Both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) identi Continue Reading...
Disorders Prevalent in the Lives of College Students The life in college always represents a significant step that marks the transition of the individual from one stage that they are viewed as young and naive, to the next stage where they are presum Continue Reading...
Knowledge, and Wisdom Continuum Nursing The selected topic is drug abuse amongst teenagers. The prevalence of drug abuse amongst teenagers has been on the rise over the past decade. The increase is attributed to many factors, but it mostly has to Continue Reading...
Cultural Differences of Adolescent in the United States The United States, ever since the time when its history began, has been an accumulation of different cultural patterns who took refuge here for independence in expressing the thoughts. Resilien Continue Reading...
The judge must choose a sentence from within the guideline range unless the court identifies an aggravating or mitigating circumstance that was not adequately considered by the Sentencing Commission. In mandatory minimum drug cases, judges can depar Continue Reading...
Addiction recovery Theoretical models A brief overview of some prominent theoretical models relating to behavior modification is felt to be a pertinent starting point for his study, as many of these aspects can be compared to the actual interviews Continue Reading...
Lonely and distressed adolescents are easy prey to alcohol abuse and drug use causing crime, as well. Substance abuse causes a number of problems for the users as well as the attached parties. It distorts the adolescent's decision making processes a Continue Reading...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Alcoholism/Addiction Narrative Alcoholism and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Overview PTSD and Co morbidity of Alcoholism: The Role of Trauma Childhood Abuse and Gender Differences in PTSD Association Between A Continue Reading...
Cocaine is a crystalline alkaloid obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It is a stimulant, appetite suppressant and a sodium channel blocker that causes it to be an anesthetic at low doses. It is highly addictive because of its effect on the br Continue Reading...
Ronald F. Levant (n.d.), candidate for position of president of the American Psychological Association, sees the future of professional psychology as one where a shift will take place from its being focused on mental health issues per se, to its bein Continue Reading...
" In addition, many anthropologists have agreed that "cultural expectations define the ways in which drinking, both normal and abnormal, is done in a society" (Mandelbaum 1965: 288) (Wilcox, 1998). Comparisons of drinking behavior patterns across cul Continue Reading...
and, it seems to be getting more dangerous as the years go on. According to the Utah Department of Human Services, a 2002 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) study showed that "PCP mentions in emergency departments increased 28% from 1995 to 2002. The Continue Reading...
Examples of material donations are the kits and medication used for the treatment of rehabilitated youths who formerly indulged in drug abuse. The Local Authority -- the local authority is another important source of funding for the project. The lo Continue Reading...
"African-Americans now serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months)" (Compendium 2004, 112).The Commission reported in 2004 that "[r]evising the crack cocaine thresholds wou Continue Reading...
exist between alcoholism as a learned behavior (rather than as a condition arising from any genetic predisposition) and self-esteem. This research is based upon the assumption that there is a direct connection between self-esteem and learned behavio Continue Reading...
Although the decision does not invalidate laws in the 11 states that have approved medical marijuana, it does prevent protection from prosecution of users and doctors who prescribe the drug (Henderson). The 11 states that have legalized medical mar Continue Reading...
combat related stress on learning in an academic environment: a qualitative case study" by Kevin Peter Shea Conflict and military conflict are inherited parts of life and the direct involvement in them creates high levels of stress. In 2010, Kevin Continue Reading...
Family Systems Theory: Vignette II Discussion of what's going on in this family Claudia and Margaret had suffered violence at a young age and therefore, are prone to commit acts of aggression, with the chances of developing more symptomatology like Continue Reading...
This can result in legal complications or an increase in these complications. And the last stage is dependence. He can no longer thrive or survive without drugs, yet he denies having the problem. His physical condition gets worse by the day. He lose Continue Reading...
samhsa.gov). Another collaborator with SFPC is the Switchboard of Miami Mission. Switchboard helps connect families and people in need with existing community resources; Switchboard also offers services where there were none in existence. For exampl Continue Reading...
One of those alarming physical changes is that the younger a person is when they begin drinking, even at low levels the more likely they are to become alcoholics. This change even overrides a known genetic predisposition for alcoholism. (Butler, Jul Continue Reading...
Against Euthanasia Death has always been shrouded in mystery, the constant litanies of myth, science, curiosity, magic, fear, and of course, religion. Just as myths have always wound down to the pragmatic, the real, and core accurate factual reporti Continue Reading...
But 'Big alcohol' in Australia has been accused of using many of the similar PR techniques as American tobacco companies to protect its interests and this contributes to the culture of binge drinking. While the "alcohol industry does not want to be Continue Reading...
Heroin is a powerful, highly addictive drug that is derived from opium. It was first synthesized from morphine in the 1890s and was initially considered to be an effective pain killer and cough suppressant. Its harmful effects were, however, soon rec Continue Reading...
Alcoholism: Children of Alcoholic Parents Alcoholism is a serious problem that affects millions of American families in unthinkable ways. More importantly is the effect on the children of problem drinkers, who often suffer from emotional and psychol Continue Reading...
Marijuana Legalization Marijuana, also known as marihuana, is a drug that is taken from Cannabis sativa, a hemp plant. It is one of the most frequently used and popular drugs in the world along with caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. The United States Continue Reading...
Cigarettes became popular among World War soldiers as "soldier's smoke (Randall 1999)." Camel held 45% of the U.S. cigarette market by 1923 while Philip Morris produced women's cigarette, described as "mild as May." The American Tobacco Company pro Continue Reading...
