in the workplace” (Frone‚ 2006‚ p. 856). Substance abuse affects many in the workplace‚ and the individual’s drug or alcohol mistreatment has a harmful impact in various division of the workplace. Workers who dependent on drugs or alcohol can demonstrate low enthusiasm and be deficient in awareness of detail. When several staff engages in drug abuse‚ the complete work team can endure the effects. Along with the numerous harmful consequences of drug abuse in the workforce is the considerable financial
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A Broken System: The United States Prison System Abstract The United States prison system is not a suitable place for nonviolent drug offenders. The high rate of recidivism is caused by one thing and one thing only‚ prison sentences. Nonviolent drug offenders will have no choice other than to socialize with other inmates‚ some who have committed irreprehensible crimes‚ thereby greatly increasing their chance of becoming violent. The population of prisons in the United States is on a steady
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Running head: FEDERALISM Federalism in the Modern Era: How Much Do We Need Federal Money? Danielle Diel Recently there has been a lot of focus on the federal government’s involvement in aid for local economies and public service projects. It is no secret that the United States is currently suffering from the greatest economic downturn since the great depression in the 1930’s and there is a lot of pressure for the government to step in and help the American people. American federalism is
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Substance Abuse and the Classroom How Drug and Alcohol Use Among Young People Impacts the Teaching Environment Abstract The issue of adolescent use of illicit drugs and alcohol has become more widespread over the last several decades than ever before. This paper explores the various areas of substance abuse as it effects young people today in Canada‚ primarily students. A brief history is addressed and statistics regarding substance use by
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Substance abuse could become an addiction when the continued use of a substance becomes compulsive and interferes with the users ordinary responsibilities. It does not only affect those who are addicted‚ but it affects all the members of the family unit. One out of four families will experience problems related to the effects of substance abuse (Mordey‚ 2012). Substance abuse is a family disease that is capable of disrupting family life‚ causing negative effects that can last for a lifetime. The
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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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Abstract The Quakers impact on prison conditions set the stage for today’s society and how we deal with criminals. The five general principles helped deal with criminals so they would be punished for their crimes‚ but also be able to be reintroduced to society. The Quakers sought a more humane way of dealing with criminals other than the guilty just being put to death. This paper looks at all these points and also introduces you‚ the reader‚ to how the first American prison system got its start.
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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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Mentally impaired people in prisons: The detention of mentally impaired people in prisons is a problem that is currently occurring within Australia‚ mostly people of Indigenous descent. As this is a reoccurring issue‚ is yet to be resolved. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)‚ everyone is entitled to human rights no matter what age‚ background‚ sex or religion. Everyone is entitled to the right to liberty‚ life and freedom of speech. This critical issue is breaching individual’s
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Substance Abuse Among the Elderly Substance abuse is widely recognized as one of the most serious social‚ ethical‚ and legal problems of the modern day‚ but few people realize how serious this issue affects the elderly population of the United States. Substance abuse is generally considered to be a problem of early adulthood‚ however‚ the truth is that substance abuse impacts older Americans on a large scale‚ and must be addressed through a multifaceted approach in which nurses play a key role. This
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