Substance Abuse in the Workplace Contemporary Social Problems and the Workplace SOC402 Instructor: Douglas Nelson October 4‚ 2012 Substance Abuse in the Workplace Substance abuse is a growing problem in the workplace. “Substance abuse is the repeated use of alcohol or drugs to the point that users develop personal problems and distress related to use.” (Giraffe‚ 2011) I am going to discuss the major problems with substance abuse and outline some mind-boggling statistics. Furthermore‚ I
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other drug abuse deterrence‚ prevention‚ education‚ and treatment. Implement alcohol and other drug risk reduction and prevention strategies that respond to potential problems before they jeopardize readiness‚ productivity‚ and careers. Restore to duty those substance-impaired Soldiers who have the potential for continued military service. Provide effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and education at all levels of command‚ and encourage commanders to provide alcohol and drug-free leisure
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Amphetamines Amphetamines are a highly addictive drug that has proven to be both a blessing and a curse to modern medicine. It is healing qualities make it very effective in other aspects‚ but it is addictive qualities make it one of the most dangerous of all drugs to take. The abuse of such a drug has its extreme detrimental effects to the brain as well as to the body‚ and thus many addict experience many health problems. The abuse of such substances not only affects the addict‚ but the families
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feeling of love all around. Many people know it as "the love drug." Ecstasy or in Medical terms‚ MDMA‚ is a drug that has taken control of the lives of so many adults and children as well. This drug has long-term effects that will leave users more ignorant than one started out when one chooses to abuse it. As much as users believe that it does no harm‚ this drug can potentially be very dangerous. It is a synthetic‚ psychoactive‚ mind-altering drug with amphetamine and hallucinogenic properties (https://www
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Baby Dumping by Tharshanath Kunakai Baby dumping occurs when a pair of irresponsible parents mainly teenagers decide to just abandon their newborn baby and place them where? In an unfavorable condition‚ such as the dumpsters‚ abandoned places or even in front of someone else’s house. Baby dumping is also considered as a form of murder and the irresponsible parents will be punished and placed behind the bars. It is also considered illegal in all countries. According to a reliable source‚ a baby is
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Gambling is how it affects the Brain like Drugs. Around two years back‚ researchers and mental health experts chose to characterize problem gambling as a behavioral addiction‚ the first of its kind‚ placing it in a class of disorders that additionally incorporates substance abuse. The explanation behind this change originates from neuroscience research‚ which has demonstrated that sports gambling addicts have a considerable measure just the same as drug and alcohol addicts‚ including changes in behavior
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costume labeled drug abuse is dragging a young man in a suit into a coffin underground. The direction in which he is being dragged to (by a string which is attached to a ring on his nose) by the grim reaper leads to an underground coffin and in the opposite direction there are signs that point to education‚ employment‚ career‚ and good health. 2. Explain the cartoonist’s message about the issue or event. The cartoonist’s message about the issue‚ drug abuse‚ is that he says that drugs can only lead
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METH NOT EVEN ONCE An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan for Advocacy on Anti-Drugs Presented to the Department of Business Administration School of Business and Economics University of San Carlos Cebu City‚ Philippines In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Mark34 Integrated Marketing Communications Summer 2015 By: ALINABO‚ RUBEN B. JR. BARBA‚ DANICKA VICTORIA L. LI BI‚ TRINA MIKAELA B. RECAMADAS‚ SHERYL VALDERRAMA‚ ALEXANDRA NICHOLE S. MAY 2015 TABLE
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could cause them to lose their homes and even their families. Welfare is an important part of assistance‚ when abused by having more children to get more welfare‚ or staying single to get more welfare are ways people abuse the system. We ask the question; should welfare recipients be drug tested? We want to learn the pros and cons of this question and overall shine some light on the topic. In the mid-1990s President Clinton passed a law that gave each state their own rights to govern their each and
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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