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is, a high level of "energy and vitality," contributes significantly to quality of life for the elderly (Spirduso, Francis and Mac...
Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...
Being a temporary mood lifter, marijuana actually creates even more of a problem for someone experiencing the throes of major depr...
and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...
they are addicted and also when they feel that they cannot deal with the problems in life without the drug(Mayo Clinic Staff). W...
2006, pp. 669-683). Based on this, the researchers found that hip fractures were greatly reduced in the women taking the supplemen...
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...
difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...
any demographic characteristics. Considering these principles from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the fact that drug a...
the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...
This essay provides information related to the ADA and substance abuse. It then discusses medical, social, psychological, and voca...
This study uses several research studies about social workers as its core. The focus is on social workers and the elderly. Technol...
In a paper of five pages, the author reviews strategies to improve health outcomes by reducing barriers to health promotoin progra...
Willwerth, 1992). Anxiety and depression are common (Wallis and Willwerth, 1992). Approximately eighty percent of individuals tr...
coupled with physical exertion, something that has been responsible for a number of deaths (1997). Long term effects of this dru...
have been associated with NRTIs, which are believed to cause mitochondrial dysfunction, which range from oxidative damage to inhib...
while drugs are regarded today as a social problem that encompasses both objectivist and functionalist perspectives, it was not al...
symptoms similar to alcohol intoxication (Drugs of abuse - 2004). They can also cause impaired judgment, violent bvehavior, and h...
2005; Risperdal Side Effects, n.d.). The very long list includes gastrointestinal issues such as nausea, vomiting and a digestion ...
and adolescents (Mahler, 2005). Of every twenty children, in fact, one has struggled with severe depression at one point or anoth...
in which "many public schools have adopted a policy of zero tolerance toward drug use, weapon possession and sexual harassment on ...
Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...
In ten pages this paper examines various perspective regarding the legalization of drugs in the US. Twelve sources are cited in t...
about drug use and abuse. That is, while alcohol for example is alone not deadly if used reasonably, the alcohol seemed to reduce ...
Another source indicates that, "Although the number of drug-related homicides has been decreasing in recent years, drugs still rem...
it is taken up and released again, a process called re-uptake (Ogbru and Marks, 2008). A balance is reached when the re-uptake and...
research shows that the majority of women, and also a percentage of men, who seek treatment for substance abuse disorders indicate...
applicable, and service delivery were all the same (Houghton, 2008). Each factor was controlled in this study. The article author ...
or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...
include a jobs section as well as a section containing white papers across a large number of different areas such as SOX complianc...