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War On Drugs Marijuana Laws
1,405 wordsActivists hope ballot questions signal support for marijuana bills By Steve Leblanc, Associated Press, 12 / 5 / 2000 17: 05 BOSTON (AP) When researchers launched the nation's most ambitious heart study 50 years ago, they chose Framingham, a middle-class town west of Boston and cross-section of America. Now supporters of liberalized marijuana laws are hoping voters in this Massachusetts heartland are signaling a fundamental shift in public attitudes about the state's war on drugs. On Election Day...
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Police Departments Medical Marijuana
1,451 words... criminal-defense lawyer who advocates drug-policy reform. "But the real word is 'confiscation. ' Current law goes way too far. " In 1992, for instance, state troopers grabbed $ 38, 000 from the briefcase of Tom Russo (not his real name) after stopping him and then charging him with drunk driving, among other violations. Although a state judge ordered the cash returned because of an illegal search, police had already transferred it to the federal government, essentially leaving the money -- p...
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Juvenile Justice System Boot Camps
1,029 words... rapidly since 1985 to present. One of the first programs that started in Georgia obtained only 50 beds. Early growth in the use of this alternative was slow, by January 1987 only four boot camp programs existed. However, boot camps began to multiply later the same year. A recent survey done in 1993 counted 52 programs in 32 states, with more then 1, 000 beds in Georgia and New York. While three more states were seriously considering implementation (Bourque National, 8). On of the major drivi...
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Electro Convulsive Therapy Severe Depression
1,405 wordsPsychiatrists are well-trained physicians who treat patients suffering from mental, emotional, and behavioral symptoms (Hopke 538). He or she will offer several various approaches of giving different explanations of how the patients symptoms or medical disorders develop and how they intervene with the patients functioning and how or why diagnosis or diagnostic treatment can alter them (Kahn 308). Psychiatry offers a wide variety of employment options for people who enjoy helping others and have ...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Criminal Justice System
1,520 words... ve and deadly drugs is cocaine. It can be injected, snorted, or smoked. It carries the risk of HIV if it is injected. Cocaine significantly speeds up the neuro transmissions in the nervous system. It accelerates the heart rate while simultaneously constricting the blood vessels, which are trying to adjust to the heightened blood flow. Temperature and blood pressure rise. Pupils dilate. A stroke, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or seizures may accompany the physical changes induced by the...
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Year Old Boy Disorder Adhd
1,605 wordsAlthough American culture has changed over the years, parents today still want what is best for their children. Why then, are parents allowing their children to be put on medications that may have an adverse effect on their children? Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) have increasingly been diagnosed among young children today. Parents should become more informed about the over diagnosing, side effects, results of the medication and all other perti...
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Information Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia
1,581 words... patient to function more effectively and appropriately. Antipsychotic drugs are the best treatment now available, but they do not cure schizophrenia or ensure that there will be no further psychotic episodes. The choice and dosage of medication can be made only by a qualified physician who is well trained in the medical treatment of mental disorders. The dosage of medication is individualized for each patient, since people may vary a great deal in the amount of drug needed to reduce symptoms...
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A Study Of Psychopathic Behavior
1,253 words... per from doing so at some point of his life or that, generally, these signs have been distributed in spare quantity, the individual will develop psychopathic tendencies since he lacks the ability to relate himself to the world in a proper way. One quick look at the background of Charles Manson, one of the most famous psychopaths, is enough to understand the role played by environmental factors in his rearing and the consequent deviant personality he developed through the years. In the book a...
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Rest Of Society Mental Illness
1,200 wordsWhat is schizophrenia? A schizophrenic is a person who has split personalities NOT! ! ! The common belief of the American society is that schizophrenia refers to a person with split or multiple personalities. When in fact it is not that at all, but instead it something deeper that severely affects the human mind. Being schizophrenic affects a person in so many ways, physically, mentally, and especially emotionally. Many schizophrenics are characterized by symptoms such as delusions, hallucinatio...
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Parkinsons Disease And Massage
1,667 wordsParkinsons disease and Massage Parkinsons disease (PD) is a disorder of central nervous system. This disease has neurodegenerative character and involves biochemical collapse of the dopamine-producing neurons in the area of basal ganglia in the brain. This process causes progressive movement disorder and damages functioning of extra pyramidal system of human body, where the connection between muscles and neurons of the brain is established. The disease was named after physician James Parkinson, ...
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Substance Abuse Psychological Disorders
2,956 wordsResearch Proposal Paper # 3 Revised January 28, 2004 Methods of Research & Discipline Inquiry Course # 1005 Aliya Fonseca, MA 10631 Caminito Brandon San Diego, CA 92131 (858) 536 - 8370 Denise Scatena, Ph. D Saybrook Graduate School & Research 450 Pacific St. 3 rd Fl San Francisco, CA 94133 ABSTRACT The proposal is to identify adolescents with mental health and alcohol and drug issues. The study will build on growing research, which suggests adolescents whom abuse or are dependent on alcohol or ...
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Drug Testing In The Workplace
1,875 wordsDrug Testing In The Workplace Drug testing in the workplace is one of the hottest issues at the moment. The majority of the public opposes this practice at the moment, and there are good reasons for this. The most important cause for the opposition to drug testing at work place is the invasion of privacy associated with it. Many people consider it to be quite humiliating and think that this practice should be outlawed. However, despite all the opposition, drug testing in the work place is becomi...
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Elderly People Intervention Programs
1,900 wordsNursing Research Falls of the elderly people are the main causes of severe injuries and complications. According to Mary E. Tinetti, M. D one third of 65 year old people or older fall each year and half of them fall several times (Mary E. Tinetti, M. D). Due to the age of the people falls result serious injuries such as hip fracture, other fracture, subdural hematoma, other serious soft-tissue injury, or head injury. Falls are the main results of the hospitalization of the elderly people. The co...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Criminal Justice System
2,954 wordsUse federal tax dollars to fund these therapeutic communities in prisons. I feel that if we teach these prisoners some self-control and alternative lifestyles that we can keep them from reentering the prisons once they get out. I am also going to describe some of today? s programs that have proven to be very effective. Gottfredson and Hirschi developed the general theory of crime. It According to their theory, the criminal act and the criminal offender are separate concepts. The criminal act is ...
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Criminal Justice System Higher Education
924 wordsDear House of Representatives, It has recently been brought to my attention that many citizens of the United States have been greatly concerned about the criminal justice system. These citizens are concerned that funding for federal prisons is taking away from the funding of schools and education for their children. I am going to make a proposal that will hopefully give you a few ideas on cutting prison funding to make way for the funding of schools. A major concern these citizens have is the ov...
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