influence to talk to our teens and young adults? In my essay I will explain why it’s so important that schools and parents/caregivers need to both educate and talk to our young adults and teens. (205) Kara Gordon Prescription Drug Abuse among Teens and Young Adults Prescription drug misuse and overdose among teens and young adults is one of the fastest growing health epidemics in the United States. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine
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you treat animal abuse as a $50 fine and a slap on the wrist‚ people won’t take it very seriously” (Kenna 1). Charging the abusers only a small fine is just not strict enough. This form of punishment does not fit the crime or prevent it from happening again. American people need to recognize animal abuse as the serious crime that it is and the consequences of these actions. The United States should establish a national animal abuse registry in order to decrease acts of animal abuse. Household pets
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Substance Abuse and the Elderly Substance abuse in the elderly exists just as in any other population. Many seniors develop substance abuse problems due to circumstances or situations due to the aging process. A report by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that 17% of adults age 60 and older are affected by alcohol abuse and abuse of legal drugs. The report also states that a third of those seniors who abuse substances did
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Neuroticism in Association with Drug Abuse Kourtney Abstract Research on neuroticism‚ a primary division of personality‚ is extensive: many studies have found that scores of neuroticism are relate and are predictive of life stress‚ emotional and psychological disorders‚ and substance abuse. Personality was inventoried using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). An individual’s drug abuse was consistently evaluated in the literature by
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Annotated Bibliography-Substance Abusing Adolescents Afrah F. Hassan Texas A&M University-Commerce Victor C. Strasburger‚ MD‚ The Council on Communications and Media (2010) Children‚ Adolescents‚ Substance Abuse‚ and the Media pg. 791 -799 In the journal the author causes of adolescent substance use are multifactorial‚ but the media can play a key role. Tobacco and alcohol represent the 2 most significant drug threats to adolescents. More than $25 billion per year is spent on advertising
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America from abuse and neglect‚" according to Every Child Matters Education Fund (as cited by The National Children’s Alliance‚ 2009). This goes to show that child abuse is a major issue in today’s modern society. In fact‚ statistics show that there are over 3 million reports of child abuse each year in the United States alone (“National Child Abuse Statistics‚” n.d.). While the definition of child abuse and neglect changes from state to state‚ it is defined by The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and
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seemed like an average‚ ordinary man. One night however‚ he was accused of splashing beach on a small dog‚ and wrapping the dog’s mouth with duct tape. His goal was to discipline the dog. Gonzales was caught and arrested for abusing the animal. Animal abuse is an occurring problem in the U.S. But can be prevented if we take action. Robert Gonzales is only one of many people to commit animal cruelty. Kevin Brunson was also accused of harming an animal. He starved his dog‚ Rambo‚ until he weighed only
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The Effects of Sexual Abuse PSY/265 March 8‚ 2013 The Effects of Sexual Abuse When you talk about the short term and long term effects of sexual abuse‚ the list can be long with many variables. The variables can be anything from someone being raped by someone they do not know‚ which still has the same damaging effects but not to the extreme when the individual was raped by someone they know and had a relationship with. Another example of a variable that could affect short-term and long-term
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There are four main models of abuse: • The medical model • The sociological model • The psychological model • The feminist model (Green‚ 2007‚ p251) describes the models of abuse as follows: The medical model – this model sees the abuse as an illness or a disease needing a cure. In some cases there is the potential for a cycle of abuse; the abuser parent’s ability to parent appropriately may have been affected by poor attachments with the main carers in their lives‚ and this may
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Drug Abuse: Child Effects Parents do not conceive a baby or in some cases several babies with the intentions of neglecting and/or abusing them physically and/or emotionally. Some conceive with the hopes of a lifestyle change‚ and others conceive surprisingly unknowingly. Depending on their life circumstance they are overwhelmed with joy or overtaken with grief. But all are concerned with the wellbeing of their child or children because of the known and unknown effects the child may endure during
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