Reiman's "The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get Prison" - Drugs
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5 pages in length. Chapter I of Jeffrey Reiman's The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison addresses the very questions Americans have been asking ever since the so-called war on drugs was waged. What readers quickly realize is how the quest to control illegal drug use within various populations is - as with most other important issues - based upon very complex socioeconomic undercurrents. Answers do exist to the overwhelming drug problem, however, they are cocooned within such political rigmarole and manipulation that actually applying a solution is fraught with struggle. Reiman (2006) clearly acknowledges how imprisonment is hardly the answer, inasmuch as overpopulation is one of the most pressing issues in today's penal system. Instead, the answer is preventive rather than reactive: keep the problem from perpetuating by not treating the symptom but rather addressing the core issues. No additional sources cited.
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Relationship Between the Disposition, Metabolism, Exposure and Excretion of Toxic Chemicals in the Body
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This 9 page paper explores the manner in which various toxins enter the body and are passed through the body. The author distinguishes between environmental contaminants and drugs, both medicinally administered drugs and illicit drugs, that can be considered toxins. Using the drug phenobarbitone as a specific example, the physiological process through which a toxin travels through the human body is illustrated. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Rethinking the War on Drugs
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A 3 page paper which argues that the nation should rethink the War on Drugs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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RISK FACTORS WHICH INCREASE COLLEGE STUDENTS ALCOHOL ABUSE
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This 10 page paper reviews four peer reviewed studies on College students and alcohol abuse. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Ritalin: A Drug of Choice or a Drug with Long-Term Adverse Implications?
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A 6 page overview of the popular choice of using the prescription drug ritalin to treat Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Delineates the problems with this approach, problems which revolve around the questionable effectiveness of the drug and long term increases in propensity to use other drugs. Suggests that behavior modification is a much more appropriate choice in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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SAFE INJECTION FACILITIES AND IMPACT ON OVERDOSE: A LITERATURE REVIEW
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This 12-page paper examines the literature pertaining to the impact of safe injection houses for street drug users on the possibility of overdosing on drugs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Should Anabolic Steroids Be Used in the Military?
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While this 14 page paper concludes that steroids should not be used, a history of use of steroids in the military is explored along with a look at its usage in society in general. The detrimental effects of anabolic steroids are relayed. This paper includes an Annotated Bibliography with 10 sources.
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Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized?
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A 10 page research paper that summarizes the pros and cons of decriminalization of addictive drug use. Some people have taken the stance that it is time to take a different tactic in the nation’s drug policy and that decriminalization is the best solution to fighting drug addiction, as this would free up societal resources and shift the focus to intervention and rehabilitation. Others oppose this view, arguing that the War on Drugs is working and that to decriminalize drugs would be abdicating social responsibility. This examination of this debate looks at both sides in order to evaluate the issues. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Should Illegal Drugs Be Legal?
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A 6 page paper which examines whether or not drugs which are now illegal should be made legal. The paper argues that drugs should be legal. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Should Marijuana be Legalized?
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This 4 page paper looks at both sides of the issue but favors the legalization of marijuana. The larger issue of drug legalization is also discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Should New Drugs Be Labelled As ‘New’ To Indicate A Higher Risk Than Established Dugs?
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This 4 page paper considers the issue of new drugs and whether or not they should be labelled as an issue of public safety. The FDA focuses on drug approval, leaving a gap when it comes to assessing drugs that have already been approved. There ahs been a call for all new drugs to be marked as new. The paper assesses this from the perspective of the drug companies, the health policy makers and the patients. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Should The United States Legalize Medical Marijuana Use?
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5 pages in length. The double-edged argument over the benefits and drawbacks of medical marijuana is one that continues to rage between those who support the idea of legalizing physician-prescribed cannabis and those who contend such a decision would open the floodgates for abuse and allow for the legalization of other, more dangerous drugs. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Should There Be Alternatives To Incarcerations For Minor Drug Offenders?
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10 pages in length. The perpetuation of criminal activity at all levels, coupled with the severely limited resources availed to the state and federal criminal justice system, has made it almost compulsory for law enforcement to find other alternatives beyond incarceration for minor drug offenders. With funding as scarce a commodity as ever, ultimately preventing the construction of new facilities, the extent to which alternatives should be sought for minor drug offenders is indicative of a system so tremendously overloaded that the effectiveness of its penal process sparks grave concern. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Small Business Drug Testing Strategy
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9 pages in length. The writer discusses how in an attempt to curb drug use in the workplace, a substantial number of companies has implemented drug-testing programs for both existing and potential employees. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Smoking and Low Birth Weight in Pregnancy
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(5 pp) Not smoking is one of the best gifts you can give your unborn child. Studies show that women who do not smoke are more likely to deliver healthy babies of normal birth weight than women who do smoke. In fact, smoking cigarettes, or second hand smoke, during pregnancy has been proven to be directly associated with low birth weight, premature births, miscarriages, and other complications Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Smoking on Campus
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This 4 page paper, written in the style of a newspaper article, looks at the way in which smoking is being dealt with in colleges. In some collage campuses there has been a complete smoking ban, whilst this may reduce the health risks this has created controversy. The paper looks at the issues and includes quotes from both staff and students. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Social Development Model
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The adolescent stage is the most probable for onset of abusive behaviors and, as such, may be the best age for preventative measures. This 3 page paper explores the basic tenets of the social development model as presented by David Hawkins and associates. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Sociology And Psychology Influences Upon Drug Abuse
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3 pages in length. The writer discusses how drugs have affixed themselves to the very foundation of urban blight's contemporary framework, a reality that has been a thorn in society's side for decades upon decades. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Spanish Wine/Ribera Del Duero
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A 12 page research paper that focuses exclusively on describing wines from the Ribera del Duero region of Spain. the writer first offers a general overview of wines from this region and then describes specific superlative wines. Bibliography lists 10 wines.
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Speech: Don't Drink And Drive – Tutorial
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A 6 page paper that presents a persuasive speech on the entitled topic. The speech begins with examples of victims followed by statistical data about the numbers of persons killed and injured in alcohol-related traffic accidents. From there, the writer offers a discussion about the types of impairments resulting from even one drink. Throughout, the writer asks the "audience" if they think these kinds of accidents could never happen to them and then refutes that thought with facts and figures. The paper begins with tutorial instructions. A great deal of recent data are included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Speedballing
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This 5 page paper considers mixing cocaine and heroin and injecting the drugs simultaneously, a phenomenon known as speedballing. The origins of the trend and prevalence is examined as well as the dangers. The deadly procedure is what many famous people have died from, inclusive of John Belushi and River Phoenix. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Statistics Utilized by Media in the Reporting of Moderate Alcohol Consumption
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This 6 page paper looks at some articles that use statistics in reporting on moderate alcohol consumption. Inconsistencies are noted. Articles are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Steroid Use In Adolescents: Leads To Other Drug Use And Illicit Criminal Behavior?
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14 pages in length. The physical transformation that occurs with the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is such that it provides the adolescent with a greater sense of self when the objective is to increase body mass. For adolescent athletes, there are virtually no limitations when it comes to bulking up and reaching greater athletic stature. However, it stands to reason how something that metamorphoses human muscle the way steroids do must also have an impact upon other aspects of the body; as it turns out, these residual effects have been proven detrimental to the adolescent's psychological condition, inasmuch as those who take steroids "have unleashed a myriad of psychiatric complications such as addiction, depression, rage, and psychosis on themselves and the public at large" (Hall et al, 2005, p. 285). Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Steroids in the Sports World
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A 5 page paper which examines the way the media portrays athletes and policies of steroid abusers in professional sports, providing specific examples of athletes (Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, and Rafael Palmeiro) and the policies of the NFL, MLB, NBA, and the NHL. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Stopping Drug Abuse Before It Begins
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A 15 page presentation & proposal designed to fulfill an unmet need in an inner-city community. The writer discusses how a social services center can be used to gather support from parents & teachers in proactively taking kids off the streets and helping them to avoid drug use before ever starting. Relevant social theories, constituents involved, and a plan for presenting the idea to the local government are presented. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Substance Abuse / Heroin Addicition
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In 8 pages the author discusses substance abuse, particularly heroin addiction. Several studies have been done on treatment for heroin addiction. Heroin addicts face many challenges related to their health, including but not limited to HIV/AIDS. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Substance Abuse and Client Interactions
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the Lopez family, a family that has experienced problems because of parental substance abuse. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Substance Abuse And Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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A 9 page paper. Cognitive behavior therapy joins two effective approaches, cognitive therapy and behavior therapy, with the objective of changing both the individual's thinking patterns and the habitual behavioral reactions to certain internal and external stimuli. All three of these models have been found to be successful in treating a plethora of conditions. At least one research study concluded that combining cognitive behavior therapy with family based therapy was even more effective in reducing substance abuse among adolescents. But, why is it that the research reports different results when the same approach is used to treat substance abuse? This essay concludes with an answer to this question. Includes half-page abstract. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Substance Abuse and Crime: Psychological and Sociological Explanations
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A 4 page discussion of the root causes of substance abuse and the unfortunate correlation of crime. The author discusses major theories from the literature. Bibliography lists sources.
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Substance Abuse And Dual Diagnosis
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A 5 page paper that begins with a brief definition of 'substance abuse' and 'dual diagnosis.' The incidence of dual diagnosis is reported as are the challenges this type of diagnosis presents to the clinician and the patient. The writer reports a study with bipolar disorder using a new type of group intervention that was successful with substance abuse but not with the disorder. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Substance Abuse and Ethnicity:
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This 7 page paper discusses the issue of substance abuse while specifically addressing the issue of ethnicity. This paper highlights how counseling must be concerned with ethnicity in order for it to be effective. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Substance Abuse And Mental Illness Counseling Laws: Florida
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6 pages in length. Creating a system where counseling approaches work for all concerned is a long-standing challenge facing most communities. By utilizing the Marchman and Baker Acts, states like Florida are better equipped to address the extent to which substance abuse (Marchman) and mental illness (Baker) treatment is made available to its citizens. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Illness: The Impact of Dual Diagnosis from a Public Health Perspective
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the issue in public health of dual diagnoses. This paper considers the breadth of the issue, that includes treatment issues for people with alcohol/drug dependency and mental health diagnoses. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Substance Abuse and Social Problems
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A 20 page research study that looks at the issue of substance abuse and correlating social problems, like teen pregnancy, crime, increased welfare costs and the cost not only to the individual and family, but cost to society as well. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
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Substance Abuse and the Elderly:
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This 8 page paper discusses the problem of substance abuse in the elderly and why the problem often goes undetected. Furthermore, this paper reviews the many implications of drug abuse in the elderly population. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Substance Abuse Counseling and Treatments
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This is a 10 page paper discussing substance abuse counseling and treatments for people addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. Substance abuse counseling is an area within the social and therapeutic services discipline which requires counselors to have a high level of education (a B.A. with a Master’s preferred) and previous counseling experience and requires long and stressful counseling sessions, is not high paying and has a high burn out rate. Nevertheless, the necessity for substance abuse counselors in today’s society grows as does the incidence of alcohol and drug abuse especially in the adolescent populations. In addition to educational requirements, counselors must be skilled in many aspects of treatment and therapies including individual, group and family therapies as well as many techniques which include motivational therapy, relapse prevention, the Matrix-Model, supportive-expressive therapy, behavioral therapies and most recently recreational therapeutic programs in addition other external support programs such as the well proven 12-step programs introduced by Alcoholic Anonymous. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Substance Abuse Counseling For Diverse Populations
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A 5 page paper that begins with results of a study regarding access to treatment for certain racial/ethnic groups. The next issue discussed has to do with the counselor's cultural competence when working with diverse populations. The writer discusses issues regarding counseling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered populations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE FACILITIIES AND RELEVANT CASES
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This paper attempts to outline the legal hurdles that thwart development and maintenance of outpatient substance abuse and rehabilitation centers. Also discussed is whether outpatient treatment programs are preferable to prison. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Substance Abuse in Adolescents; Use, Recognition and Treatment.
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This 8 page paper consider substance abuse in adolescents. The writer considers the range and scope of the problem, the trends in prevention and treatment as well as way in which treatments work. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Substance Abuse in Nursing
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A 5 page overview of the growing problem of substance abuse within the nursing profession. This paper delineates the causes and the potential solutions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Substance Abuse in Older Adults
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A 17 page paper examining the problems of alcohol and drug abuse in adults over the age of 60. Though increasing numbers of aging baby boomers may usher in the occurrence of many more cases of abuse of illicit drugs, currently it is prescription drugs and alcohol that cause the greatest number of substance abuse cases among those over the age of 60. Some seniors become drug abusers unwittingly and insidiously, often through misuse of prescription drugs and lack of knowledge of the drugs’ intended actions. Alcohol abuse can occur for the same kinds of reasons, given that its effects are more pronounced in the presence of the effects of age. Seniors likely need to be educated in these factors at the same time that they are being urged to consistently take their blood pressure medication or check their blood sugar. Whatever the reason that seniors cross the line into substance abuse, intervention needs to be thoughtful and sensitive. Includes and abstract and a 1-page outline. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
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Substance Abuse In The African American Community
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8 pages in length. The prevalence of substance abuse within the African American community has existed since the days of slavery. With legalization of cocaine and heroin at the turn of the twentieth century, the temptation was made much easier to indulge; by the 1950s, there was a preponderance of black junkies. With black youth representing a higher population of substance abusers than other ethnic populations other than Caucasian, research findings indicate that drug and alcohol abuse is predisposed to ethnicity. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Substance Abuse in the Elderly Population
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This 10 page paper examines this often ignored subject. Causes, effects, and treatment options are explored. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Substance Abuse In Unexpected Segments of Our Society
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A 9 page discussion of substance abuse in one of the more surprising segments of our society, that segment comprised by our medical professionals. The author contends that the same factors enter into determining this abuse as do with street users. In some estimations, however, the problem is much easier to address. Not only can factors such as more stringent inventory control, and leadership and accountability within an organization favorably influence substance abuse, so can the expertise of the organization be turned toward treating the root cause of the problem. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Substance Abuse Treatment For Adolescents
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This 5 page paper explores substance abuse among adolescents. It also includes a brief description of the Daytop New Jersey Program, located in Mt. Freedom, NJ. This paper includes portions of the file KTadldrg.wps. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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