Drug Abuse and Social Work Drug Abuse and Social Work There are many reasons why people use drugs. Drugs have been use throughout the nations in the 1960. In 2003 roughly about 9% of the total U.S. population ages 12 and higher deal with substance abuse. Advancement in technology, changes within a society, money; low income are some reasons why people use drugs. Drugs were known for the cure to all life problems. Marijuana and Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) are
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poverty on children The Immediate and long-term consequences that poverty has on a child are: Developmental difficulties that include cognitive delays, physical health problems, and lack of social skills; having high-risk behavior such as teen pregnancy, drug abuse and involvement in criminal activities; and problems associated with studying that include unwillingness to attend school, repetition of class/grade and poor academic achievement. These consequences have a direct impact on how a child will
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skills to inspire others to work harder or feel inspired or change their attitudes or beliefs. A motivational speaker uses a random number of persuasive speech tactics to motivate his audience to take such actions. A reformed drug addict can inspire teenagers to prevent drug abuse, for example, or a former managing director, the company can now talk to the vendors to boost morale. The ultimate goal of an effective motivational speaker is to convince his audience to do some kind of personal or professional
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Assessment Tool Analysis Joanna Przybyla NUR/440 June 4, 2012 Vicki Clithero Assessment Tool Analysis Nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient(Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia n.d.). It is a conversation with a patient, combined with an observation of the patient’s needs, signs, and symptoms of an illness, the patient’s social and medical history, and any other possible information. It is a difficult process, but at the same time, very important as it creates a basis
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are more likely to get drunk than the boys. Many young girls, following the famous stars and wants to be like them. There was made a European study that tells, those young girls in the age of 15 to 16 years old who becomes parents, with unplanned pregnancies and injuries. They found that more than half of the teenagers were drinking in the past month. Even young children in the age of 12, are starting to drink 19 glasses of wine a week. There had also been made an investigation, which showed that
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is the withdrawing process that occurs in the postnatal life of newborns after being born to drug addicted mothers. Heroin, codeine, oxycodone, methadone and buprenorphine are opiates and narcotics that are commonly abused throughout pregnancy. Symptoms that an infant may exhibit within the first 24-72 hours of life are: hyperirritability, excessive sucking, inconsolable crying, sweating, diarrhea, sneezing (3-4 times
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Drug Use and Gender Tammy L. Anderson, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL GENDER DIFFERENCES IN DRUG USE AND ABUSE Looking at the world through a "gender lens" began in most areas of social science during the second wave of the women's movement, or the late 1960s through the 1970s. During this time feminist researchers began questioning science's conclusions by pointing to male-oriented biases in research questions, hypotheses, and designs. Unfortunately, the "gender lens" did not appear
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To be or not to be: Social Entrepreneurship in Kashmir. “Today that land of Kashmir, under the heels of hardship and misfortune, has become weak, vulnerable and impoverished; A land, which was once known among the wise, as Little Iran.” -Sir M. Iqbal (Armaghan-e-Hijaz-24) The idea of social entrepreneurship in a society as politically unstable and volatile as Kashmir is, however, new. This latent idea has been in hibernation mode for far too long, resulting in regrettable social,
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Marijuana in California. The debate regarding the legalization of soft drugs such as marijuana is capable of being characterized as one which pits the concept of freedom of the individual against the concept of a paternalistic State. Advocates of legalization argue that amongst other things, marijuana is not only less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, which are legal substances, but also as a matter of fact has been proven to possess certain medicinal property. The people who support the legalization
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individuals that live very hectic lifestyles, one of the major forms of stress is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Studies of stress levels of shown that not only does stress have physical concerns but also emotional issues in which lead to addiction and gambling problems (Currie et al. 2013). Stress can lead to a lack of control over an individual life that leads to lower life expectancy. The added stress for indigenous Australians caused by racial discrimination throughout their life is evident
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