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    Drug Addicted Babies

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    155 Ms. Mendiola 19 September 2012 Drug Addicted Babies The use of illicit drugs and abuse of alcohol exact a steep price from our society. Substance abuse is a factor in many serious ills such as crime. More upsetting‚ however‚ is the affects that it has on children born affected from their dependent mothers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 60 percent of women of childbearing age consume alcoholic beverages despite the fact that alcohol consumption during pregnancy is implicated

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    Drugs and Alcohol

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    The problem of alcohol and drug abuse is of high importance nowadays. It is especially acute among young people and this fact horrifies most of all. Today the statistics shows deplorable numbers of young people‚ drinking and taking drugs. What is more terrible is that more and more young people start drinking and taking drugs. It is high time to stop this epidemic if our society does not want to loose its future. Alcohol abuse is itself very harmful for a human organism‚ especially for a young

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    Ecology Global Network (2011) stated that approximately‚ 131 million babies are born per year in the whole world. From that amount‚ .28 percent are born as drug-addicted infants. In other words‚ around 375‚000 babies are born each year with this disease. How is this created? It all comes‚ sadly‚ from the mother and the way she treats and cares of herself during the pregnancy process. Once you are addicted‚ to almost anything‚ is very hard to control yourself or to make the choice to stop completely

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    Alcohol&drugs

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    a ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO What is alcohol? Alcohol is the most commonly used drug. If you make careless decisions regarding alcohol‚ you may be faced with serious consequences – including possible jail time‚ suspension of your driver’s license‚ injury‚ or even death effects Alcohol is a drug that is absorbed into the bloodstream from the stomach and small intestine. It is broken down by the liver and then eliminated from the body. There are limits to how fast the liver can break

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    Drugs and Alcohol

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    Drugs and Alcohol 1 Introduction The connection between youth offending and drug and alcohol use cannot be denied. Drugs and alcohol are part of the personal stories of most young offenders in New Zealand. International criminological and drug literature supports the view that those young people who use illicit drugs are more likely to engage in criminal activity. 1 Further investigations show a clear link between the age at which a young a person first tries marijuana and the likelihood

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    Youth, Alcohol, and Drugs

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    Youth‚ Alcohol‚ and Drugs Drugs as well as alcoholic beverages are one of the many things that have a negative outcome on young people. They influence youth to commit many dim-witted actions that oftentimes lead to distress‚ pain‚ or even death. According to www.ncadd.org/facts/youthalc; " about 10.4 million Americans between ages 12-20 had at least one drink last month; of these 6.8 million were ‘binge ’ drinkers." Binge drinkers are those that consume five or more drinks at one occasion. Yet

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    “Custody Rights of Substance Abusing Parents” South College Isaiah McGill Should parents who are at high risk of abusing their children‚ particularly those addicted to drugs‚ be allowed to retain custody of their children? Is this an issue that pertains to health‚ and if so should these ethical issues‚ as well as support of the family‚ be under the responsibility of healthcare professionals? According to the Tennessee Department of Health all healthcare professionals in the state of Tennessee

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    Drug and Alcohol Addiction

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    Running Head: DRUG & ALCOHOL ADDICTION Drug & Alcohol Addiction Even though drug and alcohol addiction is the repeated and excessive use of drugs and alcohol to achieve a certain effect‚ which involves two components: physical and psychological dependency‚ they both can be treated. The cause of substance abuse is examined through several studies which showed drugs and alcohol are used to get relief from untreated mental

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    Alcohol and Drug Abuse

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    Alcohol and Drug Addiction Samara Kitchens COM/156 Instructor: Sunday‚ May 19‚ 2013 There was a missing person report across the news today‚ my co-worker stated. I never paid any attention to it; I went on about my day as if everything was fine. When I arrived at home I had several

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    Alcohol & Drug Excess

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    to be blamed‚ but the excess”. Alcohol is an example of intoxicating drink. Society has viewed people who drink to excess as irresponsible‚ immoral‚ and of weak character. We know that alcohol has its consequences. At the same time‚ people don’t care and disregard its consequences. Alcohol drinking affects the way a person thinks‚ acts and feels. Many of us are at point in our life where we are searching for excitement and ways to fit in and have fun. For me‚ alcohol drinking is not the time for us

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