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The Elderly, Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcoholism

like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...

Case Study on Workplace Drug Abuse

a patient to keep her own supply steady? Will she make a mistake and do something wrong as a result of substance abuse? So many th...

Substance Abuse and Adolescents

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

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...

Should The United States Legalize Medical Marijuana Use?

of such states as Montana (Anonymous, 2005), Rhode Island (Roman, 2006) as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Ne...

China and the Possibility of Revolution

societal dictates under which Chinese women had lived for centuries. This period was characterized by a complex interaction betwe...

Long Island City Community Program of Drug Prevention Proposal

drug use, there is good reason to rail against the problem. How can a community organize against drug abuse? First, what is orga...

Drugs and the Risks They Represent

doctor can be more dangerous than people think. In fact, its drug abuse. And its just as illegal as taking street drugs. Whether ...

Drug Abuse Among Adolescents and Behavior Therapy

reported that behavior therapy follows "a format of therapist modeling, behavior rehearsal, specific therapy assignments, self-rec...

The Nursing Issue of Drug and Alcohol Abuse among Nurses

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

Relationships Between Crime and Drug Abuse

community. This is when inner cities begin to influence public policy to such a point that "efforts to reverse drug prohibition f...

Incarceration v. Rehabilitation in the Drug Abuse Issue

The view that incarceration is not the solution for drug abuse is supported by a wide cross-section of our population. Author Jam...

Arguing in Favor of Reallocating Funds for Programs Involving Drug Abuse and Alcohol Treatment

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

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...

Drug Abuse and the Elderly

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

Designing Community-Based Prevention

any demographic characteristics. Considering these principles from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the fact that drug a...

Effect of Childhood Experience of Sex Abuse on Marriage

a history of child abuse has an effect on their marriages. Literature review While it is generally accepted by the vast majority...

Trends and Statistics on Drug Use

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

Psychological Dependence and Drug Abuse

craving for the drug (Edlin & Golanty, 2009). Someone who has never taken a recreational drug can understand what a craving is lik...

Drug Use, Abuse and Treatment in a Social Interactive Approach

difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...

Crime and Drug Abuse

and booked for larceny or theft; more than 14 times more likely to be arrested and booked for such offenses as driving under the i...

Education in Health Care

This essay comments on four aspects of education in health care beginning with using the COPA model for basic nursing education an...

Substance Abuse Effects

This essay provides information related to the ADA and substance abuse. It then discusses medical, social, psychological, and voca...

Drug Abuse, its causes and effects

they are addicted and also when they feel that they cannot deal with the problems in life without the drug(Mayo Clinic Staff). W...

CBT versus family therapy in treating adolescent drug abuse (Article Review/Reaction)

applicable, and service delivery were all the same (Houghton, 2008). Each factor was controlled in this study. The article author ...

Two Major Social Problems

computers, and increasing insurance coverage are three simple factors that might have increased the number of reports made to auth...

Problems of Adolescence

Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...

Mood Disorder: Case Study

Being a temporary mood lifter, marijuana actually creates even more of a problem for someone experiencing the throes of major depr...

Child Abuse Prosecution of Pregnant Women Addicted to Drugs

In seven pages both sides of the argument regarding prosecuting pregnant drug addicted women who give birth are presented with sup...

John Stuart Mill, Legal Age Limit for Alcohol Drinking, Drug Abuse, and Pornography

The utilitarian philosophy of John Stuart Mill is applied to these topics in a paper consisting of 5 pages. Three sources are cit...