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    Drug Abuse

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    04/21/2013 Addictions/Drugs Freedom‚ family‚ and financial security are a value to the people in the United States. Some behaviors are frowned upon‚ such as crime‚ laziness‚ and the use of illegal drugs. Drug abuse and addiction is not all about how much is consumed but has to do with consequences. Illegal drugs and abusers are a plague to society because of the harmful effects on the user‚ their families and people they associate with. Because drug

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    Substance Abuse

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    Effects of substance abuse Substance abuse can simply be defined as a pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes. Medline ’s medical encyclopedia defines drug abuse as "the use of illicit drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed." Generally‚ when most people talk about substance abuse‚ they are referring to the use of illegal drugs. Most

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    Drug Abuse What are drugs? Drugs are substances which have a physiological impact when ingested or generally brought into the body. There are lots of ways people can use drugs. Drugs can be beneficial to the community and may also be the same drugs that are harmful to the community. Wine was utilized in any event from the time of the early Egyptians; from 4000 B.C.; and therapeutic utilization of weed has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. Not until the nineteenth century. A.D. was the dynamic substances

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    Sabrina Minton Mrs. Laura Ahmed English 3A 10-25-10 Verbal Abuse The reason why I choose this topic is because I have been a victim of verbal abuse. Many people know or have heard of someone that has been verbally abused. Many people including myself be suffer in silence and feel isolated. Many parts of human action‚ include the mind and heart. “As he thinks within himself‚ so he is”. What does a person think in his or her mind‚ and heart will be reflected and his or her words or actions.  In

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    1) Thesis of the article #1 Nearly all drug use begins in the preadolescent or adolescent years. 2) Summary The focus of this article is on theories such as the gateway‚ psychological & sociological theories that cause drug abuse in youth. These theories demonstrate why drugs were used and under the circumstances in which they were most frequently consumed. The social theory of Parson’s structural functionalism explains how drug use is a symptom of the underlying social problems (Jacobs

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    Cultural Competency in Child Welfare Cultural Competency in Child Welfare Cultural Competency is a must in child welfare. Social workers must break the barriors between their own culture and other cultures. Samantrai (2004) said that cultural competency is defined as “ways of thinking and behaving that enable members of one cultural‚ ethnic‚ or linguistic group to work effectively with members of another.” For us to understand a culture‚ we must be aware of our own culture

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    Problem statement There is rampant increasing of the youth in drug abuse which is a major threat to national development ‚policy makers‚social security and family stability. A report in our dailies geve credence to the fact that this menace is on the increase. In the march 16‚ 2002 edition of the mirror‚ a poplar weekly daily in ghana‚it was reported that the accra psychiatric hospital (one of 3 such institutions on ghana) has recotded more case of dru abuse.it stated that ``in the past year the

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    Child Abuse

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    "Child Abuse" Child abuse is a very serious and controversial issue that is escalating in today ’s society. As we look back to the 1940 ’s and 1950 ’s‚ it was almost unheard of to let anyone outside of your immediate family know anything about your personal life. Every family was thought to be‚ or shown to the general public to be‚ the "perfect family". Some schools had the authority to punish a child by either spanking them with a paddle or hitting their knuckles

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    Substance Abuse The sociocultural theory‚ the behavioral/cognitive theory and the biological theory are all Viewpoints with which I agree. These viewpoints all share certain elements. The sociocultural theory holds that substance abuse results from stress and environmental factors. In situations where low socioeconomics and unemployment are evident‚ drugs are commonly used as a means of relief from stress. The behavioral/cognitive viewpoint sees the situational substance

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    Employee Welfare Law

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    Employee Safety‚ Health‚ and Welfare Law Paper Gilbert Peralta 6/11/2007 MGT 434 University of Phoenix Brian Strayer Over the years‚ The United States Government has taken great care to protect employee’s rights to take care of themselves and their families. Two of the greatest pieces of legislation passed to protect employees’ rights to themselves and their families are the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Both signed and enacted into

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