...Boston Fight Drugs Summary The case talks about the big concern in Boston, which is drugs use. The field study group, consists of four members, is given a budget of twenty thousand dollars and a time period of five months of part-time work to find an effective way to communicate with the school-going population about drugs. The group must find answers to the following: motivation for drug use, who influence them to use drugs and which advertisement strategy can influence them. They came up with three different methods to conduct the research. The quantitative survey is a large-scale, city-wide survey method, includes surveying by mail or over the phone for the cost of ten thousand and fifteen thousand dollars respectively. Although it is large-scale, the response rate is only five to twenty percent. The children may not be able to interpret the questions on such sensitive issue. There are no visual aids and no body language during the time that the survey is taken. The qualitative survey is done by holding focus groups and one-on-one interviews. In focus groups, people can exchange ideas but peer pressure may affect the answers of each individual. One-on-one interviews has no peer pressure influence but costs quite a lot and takes a lot more time to gather data. The field study group decided to conduct the research by holding focus groups. Eleven focus groups are picked from five neighborhoods in Boston. The field study group found out that storytelling is more relatable...
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...New Hope in the Fight Against Rare Aging Disorder Summary An interesting scientific article appeared in the Boston Globe on June 30, 2011 titled “New hope in the fight against rare aging disorder” (Johnson, 2011). As an employee of Harvard Medical School and the Coordinator of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories of the Biological Mechanisms of Aging, I found the article to be both educational and promising. Working with the leading scientist in the aging field, Professor David Sinclair, this article expressed one particular disease of aging relating to progeria patients. Formerly known as “Hutchinson-Gilford” syndrome, the rapid aging process in children with progeria causes serious diseases associated with aging. These precious children with progeria are able to play, laugh and love like other healthy children but “look old, thin, and suffer cardiovascular problems and usually live on average to the age of 12” (Johnson, 2011). Children with progeria suffer many of the same problems afflicted by aging – hair loss, bone density and fatigue. The article stated that scientists in Boston were experimenting with an “old drug” to help progeria patients. Scientific Method The National Institute of Health and doctors at Children’s Hospital will begin clinical trials using cells from progeria patients in the laboratory. Scientists will introduce to these diseased cells an altered drug referred to as “rapamycin, a transplant rejection medication shown in a dramatic 2009 study to...
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...CNAs may not know that someone they are working with had CTE, but it can be inferred from their symptoms and how much repetitive brain trauma they have had. Being a CNA and working with someone who has CTE, even if they aren’t diagnosed, can mean that specialized care has to be enforced. It would be much like working with someone who has dementia, since long-term CTE can lead to full-blown dementia (Boston University 2010). This means that the CNA will have watch the patient carefully to make sure that they will not fall, as CTE can cause Parkinsonism (Boston University 2009). The CNA will also have to be sure that a patient with CTE will be informed and understand what is going on, as they are more likely to forget something with the symptom of short-term memory loss playing as a factor. CNAs will have to be able to communicate effectively; this includes being patient with someone who is more likely to be frustrated and suffering from emotional instability, and dealing with forgetfulness. All of the information that has been learned can be very beneficial to someone wanting to go into the sports medicine field or athletic training. They will be able to keep a close eye on athletes who have suffered from repetitive...
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...operated then we must know that race can determine what each gang is and the beliefs in each gang. Some of what I picked up from reading the article is that they live in the environment of wanting respect and money relying on gangs and illegal activity to get them there. The three points I am going to evaluate will be guns, drugs and violence and how they are related with the youth gangs in the American society today. Gerhardt mentions “In American society, a crime epidemic is being carried by young adolescent teenagers, with the results usually being fatal” (32). I personally agree with these three things that Gerhardt has mentioned and that they can become super life changing, even fatal. How they can damage your life and put you places you do not want to be. How they influence one and how it could be the deciding factor in joining or being a part of a gang. In America a lot of people have guns, whether it be for hunting or just for the protection of their home. In gangs, a lot of the members carry guns just for the sole purpose of making them feel superior. In some gangs the members will sell stolen guns to make money. Is that money spent to buy drugs or other gang related items? We will never know. Gerhardt states that “firearm homicides are the leading cause of deaths among teenage males in our society” (33). Sometimes being in a gang and carrying a gun is an easy way to gain respect because...
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...Marketing Research Boston Fights Drugs (A) Describe the team’s “model” for drug abuse? How did they represent the stages of drug abuse in their sample? What assumptions did they make? Do you see any problems with these assumptions? (2 points) The model is to classify the drug users in four categories, which is non users, experimental users, regular users and drug dependent individuals. The model is build based on the population’s awareness and abuse to drugs. Through the segment of the whole target population, a structure can be created for this team to collect data. Since it is really hard for those study members to track which the targets which stage they entered, they assumed the stages in this model: First and second stage (non and experimental users)10-13 year old; Third stage (regular users): 14-18 year old Fourth stage (drug dependent individual): adults One obvious problem is the assumption, they segmented the four categories by the age rather than by true data and observation due to lack of money and time factors. Would you have selected focus groups as your research methodology? Why/Why not? List the pros and cons of using focus groups in this situation, as well as the pros and cons of the other suggested methods in the case (4 points) | Questionnaire | Focus Group | One-to-One interview | Time | Short | Long | Longest | Cost | Low | High | High | Bias | Low | High | High | # of respondents covered at a time | Large | Around 10 | One | ...
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...Past and Current Drug Trends Many past and current trends of the use and abuse of drugs in the United States have been associated with health and social trends that at times may have been considered culturally acceptable. Many trends have occurred since early times. The nineteenth century introduced advancement in modern medicines making several medicinal drugs popular, but by the end of the century was being considered a complicated matter. The twentieth century showed great concern amongst the American people for substance abuse and trends of usage and abuse changed as quickly as the decades past by. The drug usage and abuse now is very regulated and campaigned against misuse of licit drugs and the abuse of illicit drugs. Early times, sometimes going back hundreds or even thousands of years, was a time of curiosity and discovery. People found medicinal value in plants by eating them and by discovering the effects on animals after eating certain plants. The curiosities often made people sick or even die as they were learning the effects of these medicinal plants. Plants such as the willow bark were used to cure headaches; aspirin is now made from willow bark. The senna plant was discovered for its laxative properties. Morning glories, different types of mushrooms, and poppy plants were used for the hallucinogenic properties. Coca leaves were used for pain and is now known for the production of cocaine and marijuana was also widely used (Levinthal, 2012). These discoveries...
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...BOSTON FIGHTS DRUGS –PART A Group 10: Aishwary Kumar (B15066) Aman Preet (B15069) Sailendra U (B15104) Saaransh Rai (B15106) Satyam Sidharth (B15107) Sudarshan P (B15117) DRUG USE MODEL Classification into Non Users, Experimental, Regular and Drug Dependent users of which first 3 are our target segment Provides structure for data analysis Can be used to highlight the ethnic, geographical and socioeconomic distribution of individuals Screening questionnaire an important tool to identify the number of participants to be chosen for each group for FGD FGDs could act as brainstorming sessions which may provide insight to the moderators Time Taken/participation is lower Interactions may be recorded for future reference by psychologists Since, the participants are children, they will be more comfortable to discuss about it in peer groups rather than being confronted 1-on-1 SELECTION OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Recording can be done, for future use Flow/ Direction of the discussion can be controlled Face to Face interaction Information can be known from body language, expressions etc. Questions can be explained to people who find it difficult to interpret FGD Not as lengthy as One to One interview Storytelling was Crucial, and it should depict realistic, local characters Teenagers should scoffed at antidrug ads which were exaggerated or involved local celebrity “Take me out of the ball game...
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...basketball career, drug abuse. The story of his life has many twists and turns all of which he portrays in his inspirational speeches. He is not on any of the top 100 lists of great American orators because his speeches are not directed towards the masses instead he reaches out to high school students in hopes that they will not make the same mistakes he did. Chris Herren grew up in Fall River MA, a relatively small town outside of Boston. He attended Durfee High School from 1990-1994. It is here that his life began to spiral out of control. As a freshman, it was evident that his talents on the court surpassed that of all of his predecessors. But, his decisions off the court ultimately lead to his fall from grace. In his book he notes that during his high school years drinking, drugs, and fighting came before basketball. Despite this, he still managed to have the greatest high school basketball career Durfee High had ever witnessed. As word spread of his talents, the Burdon of the city fell on his back. He describes Fall River in one powerful sentence. “Fall River, it teaches you from a very young age, to fight, to punch first, to be loyal, to never let any friend be left behind, and it gets a bad rap for that.” Following his standout freshman year, the best College basketball teams began recruiting him heavily. Unable to handle all of the pressure alone, he turned to marijuana the summer after his freshman year. This was the beginning of 18-year battle with drug addiction...
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...SC February 15, 2014 Drug and alcohol abuse is certainly a demon that has been battled for many years and the fight continues on. In order to treat and help rehabilitate, it is very helpful to understand what causes these addictions. In a perfect world, there would be one theory that would explain addiction. The text indicates that there have been many theoretical models that have sought to give an understanding of this problem, but there are three prevalent models that are identified by Inaba and Cohen (2004). These are: the Addictive disease model, the Behavioral/environmental model, and the Academic model (Martin, 2014). The addictive disease model proposes that addiction is a medical condition much like any other medical disorder. This model teaches that addiction has identifiable symptoms and a course that can be predicted. It also proposes that there are genetic factors that play a role. Like any other disease, addiction will continue to worsen without treatment (Martin, 2014). The behavioral/environmental model uses six stages to describe the possible progression of substance use. These stages are: 1. Abstinence 2. Experimentation 3. Social/recreational use 4. Habituation 5. Abuse 6. Addiction. This model seeks to show that factors in one’s environment can lead one from one stage to the next (Martin, 2014). The academic model discusses the changes that occur in the body over time as one uses drugs. The changes take place at the cellular level...
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...contributes to the increase of workplace violence (Ivancevich, 2010). In order to prevent loss of productivity and provide a safe environment for employees, it would be in Castulon Corporation’s best interest to establish a drug and alcohol testing program. Due to the nature of work and the type of product produced at Castulon Corporation, any mistake made by drug impaired employees in the design or production of a system could be catastrophic for users. For this reason, Castulon Corporation should us a random drug testing program for its employees. There is no absolute "model" substance abuse program that is right for all companies. The program should be tailored to the needs and circumstances of the individual company. There are, however, five standard components of a comprehensive workplace substance abuse program. The five components include a written policy statement, supervisor training, employee education and awareness, employee assistance for providing help, and the actual drug testing. In Castulon’s program, employees are subjected to a standard five panel test for “street drugs”, which include marijuana, cocaine, PCP, opiates and amphetamines from a urine sample. A breath test for alcohol can also be administered. Employees who do not comply with a drug test request for testing, provide false information or tamper with the test results in any way will face disciplinary action. There are types of testing other than random testing. They include reasonable suspicion testing...
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...According to Merriam and Webster the definition of a person who is involved, as an activist is a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue. Malcolm X as a civil rights activist is a man to be thanked by many, because of his courageous actions. By standing up to an issue with such force as a black man in such a color driven society, he shall be among the greats in history. In The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1964), Malcolm X was able to be such an influential man and leader because he learned much from his father’s death, his experiences and time in prison, and also becoming a leader of Islam. Malcolm X’s father’s death had a great significance on his adult life and the way he interacted within societies norms. His father, Earl Little was a man that had strong feelings for black pride among African Americans in his day, and this probably rubbed off onto Malcolm X, also known then as Malcolm Little. One day his father came home and was already irritated with the threats of Black Legion, dinner had to be cooked so Earl grabbed a rabbit out of the pen of which they raised rabbits to be sold, and began to twist the neck off of this rabbit. Malcolm’s mother, Louise Little started to cry and made Earl so upset and angry that he stormed out of the house and marched off up the road. Supposively Louise had a vision of something horrible happening to her husband. So she tried to run after him...
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...Throughout history many mistakes have occurred and the goal is to make sure we keep our mistakes in the past but it never works out that way. The Boston Massacre was one of the first events that sparked the American Revolution. It set the colonies into anarchy and forced them to rebel against The British. A man named George Zimmerman made a fatal mistake when he shot an unarmed 17-year-old African American named Trayvon Martin. Even though the situations are many years apart, they have the same outcomes and have more in common then you believe. On the night of March 5, 1770, a mob of colonists met at the Customs House in Boston and begins harassing the British soldiers that were guarding the building. The protesters called Patriots were...
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...Mahan | 11/21/2013 | “The economic impact of cancer care has increasingly been the target of scrutiny because of the large price tag attached to many of the agents that have become available during the past few years, especially the biologics.” (Nelson, Roxanne, 2008). If the cost of cancer care keeps rising, the doctors are going to have to include costs when it comes to the decision-making process. The doctors are going to have to think about the actual benefits associated with the expensive treatment. The development of new cancer drugs can be an expensive and lengthy process for cancer patients. Cancer Costs More Than Doubled Since ‘90 Cancer research has cost the US government $100 billion since 1971, and the price of care, accounting for inflation, has more than doubled to $90 billion since 1990. “The price of the drugs, and the care tied to their use, can be lowered by shifting to a system which the costs of drugs, tests, and other care are combined in a single-provider payment,” researchers said. Patients concerns about out-of-pocket payments made patients decide how to treat their cancer. Patients that have health insurance have used most or all of their savings to treat their cancer. “We’ve made progress in cancer research, but people are still dying at too high a rate,” (Gibson, 2010). ...
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...cause scenes because they are trouble makers. People think that if you have been arrested for drugs that you do not know the dangers of drug abuse. They do not know that drugs hurt the dealer and the users, not to mention how it affects the families on both ends. When people have been arrested for assault they need anger management. They are institutionalized and commit crimes because they enjoy to be in prison, so they must have gay or lesbian intentions. The think that it is easy for people that have been incarcerated to be upholding citizens without being prejudiced against. People do not believe if you have felony convictions you should not be able to vote for the political parties. They should not be able to adopt or foster children because they are not trustworthy. You cannot work for the state or federal government, why when there are people without the convictions who could fill those positions. People think that if you have been in prison for as a result of felony convictions that you are incapable of changing or helping other people. My experience is that people that have felony convictions work harder to get jobs when they really want it. They work harder to secure the job positions, and go beyond the expectations. They are more reliable and watchful of their actions because they feel as though they are always being watched. People that have had drug convictions become the best drug addiction counselors. They design programs...
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...Blackjack is 21, Drinking should not Happy Birthday! You're finally 18, legally an adult! What are you going to do first? Maybe buy a pack of cigarettes, or a lotto ticket, or porn; because you're an adult you can do anything you want... except buy alcohol. By current law, to buy and drink alcohol legally one must be at least 21 years of age. But why is this magical number 21? As a legal adult, I do not understand the reason behind not allowing me to drink. President Ronald Reagan passed the national minimum drink age law in 1984. The act stipulates a minimum legal age of 21 for the purchase or public possession of any alcoholic beverage, and incorporates sanctions against states whose laws are not in compliance (Daniloff). Many argue that the age was changed to 21 because that is the approximate age that brain development levels off. This seems fairly logical, but is it really? And is it fair? Many feel that 21 years of age is when someone truly becomes an “adult” and that is a fitting age to legalize the use of alcohol, I disagree. When one turns 18, in this country, they are legally an adult no ifs, ands, or buts and should have all the rights as any other citizen of this great country. As an adult, one can legally vote, serve in the military, get married, get a credit card, buy cigarettes, gamble, etc. the list goes on. So, in all aspects of life, when someone turns 18 they are an adult and responsible for themselves, except alcohol; so the government should not limit...
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