My Service Learning in BIS 201 took place at Sojourner Recovery Services. Sojourner Recovery Services is a drug recovery facility for drug dependents men‚ women and adolescents. Sojourner Recovery Services assisted me with choosing a specific location and demographic to complete my Service Learning. I decided to choose to work with the adolescent. The adolescent population at Sojourner Recovery Service for drug dependent teens and preteens has different sites depending on the issue. Sojourner Recovery
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The Abuse of the Beauty Altering Art of Photoshop People have always be infatuated with beauty and beautiful people. Though through the decades the idea of beauty has changed with the evolution of makeup and introduction to photo editing‚ though eventually it goes too far. The photo editing program Photoshop is used by a multitude of people and for many things. It can be used to create drawing‚ enhance photos‚ combine photos‚ and even completely change the photo. While it is a program that requires
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Drug Abuse in Malaysia Drugs is a type of substance which can be medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ or used to improve performance and can also have other effects when taken by any individual or also animal. Drugs are viewed differently from every culture. Some views it as a healing ingredient while some might take it as normal food intake. Drugs molecules are complex and it mainly consist of hydrogen and carbon atoms‚ oxygen atoms‚ nitrogen atoms‚ Recreational drugs generally is that an individual can
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Dianne Feinstein‚ a senior United States senator once said “Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone you love and thinks loves you in return.” Although societal awareness and criticism of this issue has been increased in recent years‚ spousal abuse still remains a persistent issue because of the power and control held by the abuser and also‚ the fear that the victim suffer from these situations. Historically‚ women
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had symptoms of scurvy.The court heard that after Crabb and Junge sold their house in Templecombe and moved in to the farm in 2004‚ Mr Cooper began to sell off plots of land‚ making more than £298‚000 for about 100 acres (40.5 hectares). Sonia Crabb and Tony Junge moved into the farm in 2004 | He also withdrew more than £116‚000 in cash‚ spent around £170‚000 on Crabb‚ and transferred his £640‚000 farmhouse and most of the remaining land into Crabb’s name‚ leaving the rest to her in his will.As
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BEING YOUNG Everyone has once been young. But everybody hasn’t gone through this difficult period in life the same way. Which possibilities and living conditions have teenagers nowadays? Some people think that you leave childhood when you become a teenager‚ and that you are still young up in your twenties. I don’t think there are exact limits that tell you whether you are young or old. According to christian tradition one is considered adult after the confirmation‚ but I wouldn’t call fifteen
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Ecstasy Abuse For many people the drug of choice would be marijuana‚ but in recent years that trend has been changing. The drug of choice for today ’s young adults is MDMA or ecstasy. Unlike marijuana which has long term affects‚ ecstasy can kill a person with one hit. It is a very dangerous drug‚ and is spreading like wildfire in the United States. Most teenagers take the drug without knowing the side affects such as depression and brain damage (theantidrug.com). With more people trying the drug
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Alcohol Abuse Alcohol abuse is perhaps one of the biggest problems in the United States today. It is not only a personal problem that dramatically affects an individual’s lives‚ but moreover those that surround such a life. In the essay “Under the Influence” by Scott Russel Sanders‚ he expresses his emotions through a poem. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke. “The whiskey on his breath could make a small boy dizzy; but hung on like death; such waltzing was not easy.” (258). This poem is
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Elder Abuse and Neglect Teresa Martini Rasmussen College Author Note This research paper is being submitted on December 8‚ 2011‚ for Mara Pehkonen’s M230 Medical Law and Ethics Course. Elder abuse is the most common type of abuse that gets looked over. People normally do not suspect or even think an elderly person may be getting abused‚ but this is a serious topic in nursing homes and hospitals. Every health care professional needs to learn the warning signs and symptoms of elder abuse to prevent
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Prescription Drug Abuse Millions of people throughout the world are taking drugs on a daily basis. If you were to ask someone why they take prescription drugs‚ most people would be taking them for the right reason. However‚ it’s estimated that twenty percent of people in the United States alone have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons.1 Prescription drug abuse is a serious and growing problem that often goes unnoticed. Abusing these drugs can often lead to addiction and even death
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