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War On Drugs Substance Abuse
1,388 wordsSince the end of World War II, almost every president has declared a war on illegal drug use. The efforts against drugs that are currently used, got their start from a series of laws passed during the Nixon administrations War on Drugs. Many programs have been established including Nancy Regans Just Say No campaign which was started in 1983. George Bush, later provided the DEA with its largest federal funding increase ever, raising the DEAs budget to more than $ 18 billion. The War on Drugs has ...
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Single Parent Families National Institute Of Justice
1,875 wordsThere is no doubt that various experts can give us many theories as to the causes of juvenile delinquency, including one's economic background, substance abuse, delinquent peer groups, repeated exposure to violence, increased availability of firearms and media violence, however, I feel that the number one cause of juvenile delinquency is the breakdown of families, including lack of parental control over children. It is ironic in America, today, one must have a driver's license to operate a vehic...
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Studies Have Shown Order To Obtain
1,586 wordsThe correlation of drugs and drug-using behavior is linked to crime in several fashions. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as illegal. Illegal drug sales is also accompanied by violence, which leads to deadlier crimes. Violence against rival traffickers influences each of us daily. More broadly, drugs bear about drug-related behavior. The generation of violence was the result of the effects of drugs. The abuser may be engaging in criminal a...
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Substance Abuse Drug Abuse
714 wordsCollege: Lecturer: Course: Date: The GAO report According to the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Protection Service is falling short of its responsibilities. Its ascribed task, and hence mission, is to provide protection to some 8, 800 federal facilities around the US. However, due to a progressive reduction in workforce, the FPS can no longer provide this service adequately. From the fiscal year of 2004 to that of 2007 for example, the workforce within FPS reduced by 20 % from 1, ...
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Colleges And Universities Social Norms
1,711 words... at colleges from Washington State to New Jersey. The conference, which was presented by the National Social Norms Resource Center, the Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network and the Governor's Highway Safety Bureau of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was an opportunity for prominent campus administrators and leading student health experts to discuss significant reductions in excessive drinking by college students as a result of social norms efforts. "The social norms approach states that c...
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Interesting To Note Cause And Effect
1,029 wordsSharon Olds? poem? Late Poem to My Father? exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone, even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father, and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon, especially in our mode...
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2,383 wordsJuvenile Boot Camps: The Modern Alternative Juvenile delinquency is not anything new; it is a problem that has plagued our society for the past two hundred years. Juvenile delinquency is believed to have started with the emergence of industrialization and urbanization. This same phenomenon later appeared in other countries as they began to modernize as well (Bernard 6). In the past juvenile care facilities and juvenile detention centers attempted to contain the problem of juvenile delinquency. T...
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Borderline Personality Disorder Interpersonal Relationships
1,541 wordsGirl, Interrupted: A Study Of Borderline Girl, Interrupted: A Study Of Borderline Personality Disorder Girl, Interrupted: A Study of Borderline Personality Disorder It s 1967, and 18 year old Susanna Kaysen is like a lot of American teenagers her age confused, insecure, and lost within a rapidly changing world. After a half-hearted suicide attempt, she goes to a psychiatrist who quickly diagnoses her with Borderline Personality Disorder, and whisks her away to McLean Hospital. The next year and ...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Low Income Housing
2,551 wordsIntroduction Homelessness is not new to our nation, and it has greatly increased over the past ten years. (Hombs, 1 - 4) For growing numbers of people, work provides little, if any, protection against homelessness. Low national un-employment levels do not mean that all working people are well-off. (Blau, 21 - 24) What is homelessness? According to the definition stated by Stewart B. McKinney, for purposes of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, a homeless person (homelessness) is one who l...
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Mental Health Professionals Children And Adolescents
1,205 wordsHow was I to Know? Current Perspectives on Adolescent Depression Depression is a disorder that affects the human psyche in such a way that the affected tends to act, and react abnormally toward others as well as themselves. Therefore it comes as no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age...
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2,551 wordsThis paper is to enlighten those who want to learn about marijuana and to hopefully leave them with the thought that it should be legal once again. Marijuana s makeup, effects, and history are told along with how it was used back in the ancient days for entertainment and medicinal use. Then the uses that marijuana has in today s world are talked about. After which I explain the governments involvement with marijuana and how the legalization would only help our country. Marijuana has been around ...
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Child Abuse And Neglect Substance Abuse
760 wordsNeglect in the Nation The neglect of children is a serious problem in California as well as in the nation and we the people, should not embrace what is happening in this state. Based on the information I have acquired; I will show that neglect, though not physical, can seriously damage a childs well-being. When a child is neglected there is often a irrational motive on the parent (s) part. People may not think there is but there actually is a considerable figure of children being neglected. As I...
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Leading Cause Of Death Commit Suicide
1,496 wordsOver 23, 000 people Suicide Suicide Over 23, 000 people commit suicide in the United States every year. (Suicide Facts) Among these people are the young and the old, the sick, and the well. There is not just one type of person that will do such a thing, but all people. To help prevent suicide education and easy access to information is key. In order to even start to prevent suicide one must know the statistics, causes- such as depression, alcohol, and the availability of fire arms- warning signa...
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Harper And Row Substance Abuse
887 wordsSusan Griffin was born on January 26, 1943, Los Angeles, California the second daughter of Walden and Sarah (Colvin) Griffin. Susan Griffin has 25 years of human services experience, with degrees in child development, music, psychology and behavioral science. She is completing her Ph. D. in clinical psychology with an emphasis in child and family. She has specialized training in parenting, child development, substance abuse, and music / art work with children. In addition to 25 years of work as ...
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Low Self Esteem Racial Discrimination
568 wordsPoverty is a major problem in the United States today. This mind map includes the categories of individual behavior, social factors, economic factors, political factors, and cultural factors are all contributing forces that causes poverty. For economic factors, low wages would be the variable that would lead to poverty. Families that receive low wages would barely support their living expenses. Thus they would not have enough money for programs that would aid their children s education. Some fam...
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Low Income Housing Low Income Families
5,904 words+ (a) In general For purposes of this chapter, the term homeless or homeless individual or homeless person [ 1 ] includes o (1) an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and (2) an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is (A) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill); (B) an institution that ...
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1,382 wordsThe Solution To Poverty in the USA Poverty is a major problem in the United States today. Social, economical, political, and cultural factors all contribute to poverty. Education and economic development are two major issues that will help prevent poverty. The United States Census Bureau defines poverty as an economic condition in which people lack sufficient income to obtain basic needs for food, housing, clothing, health services and education. In other words poverty is powerlessness, lack of ...
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Alcohol Consumption Sir Andrew
1,672 wordsPuritans- Who Were They and What Are They Doing in My Kitchen? Puritans are indeed among us in society. They are in our drug stores, our laundromats, and yes, our kitchens. They are purists. Puritans want to make society a dull place where everyone works hard and no one has too much fun. Although they think they know what is good for everybody, their way of life not only disagrees with modern society; it contradicts itself. The Puritan movement began in England in the 1500 s (Puritanism World Bo...
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Began Drinking At Age Began Drinking At Age 15 Jack
382 wordsCounselor Name: diggs Clients Name: Jack Smith A. SUBSTANCE ABUSE HISTORY A diagnostic summary was completed on 10 / 6 / 96; Jack Smith is a 41 -year-old white male currently living in a small community in southern Ohio. Jack came into the agency involuntarily; his involvement with the agency is a requisite of probation for assault and domestic violence. He was arrested for assaulting his wife during an alcoholic blackout; he was placed on probation for one year on the condition he participates ...
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Alcohol And Drugs Binge Drinkers
2,106 wordsEvery day we see the effects of the drink, drunk people. Staggering, slurring, spitting and vomiting. What is this evil hemlock? Whether Beer, wine or liquor, they all have the potential for disaster. Pure ethyl alcohol (ETOH), is odorless, colorless and tasteless. Alcohol is one of the most enigmatic products we consume today; in fact, it has been with us since the Stone Age. The Bible alludes to Noahs getting drunk; it was a staple on the Mayflower as it crossed the Atlantic to America. Grandf...
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