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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Domestic Violence is fundamentally different in LGBT relationships for numerous reasons. There are many causal and contributory factors that make domestic violence in the LGBT community uniquely different than male-to-female or female-to-male battering. To understand these differences one must recognize domestic violence beyond the stereotypical heterosexual manifestation. According to A Professional Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence‚ same-sex battering mirrors heterosexual
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Prescription and Drug Abuse I am introducing an Ethical dilemma of “Prescription and Drug Abuse.” This topic will be very beneficial to me. Since I am in the process of majoring in Pharmaceuticals‚ it will relate to any future encounters of drug abuse in work areas‚ at home‚ or even in the hospital. Prescription abuse is uneasy encounter that needs crucial attention to be controlled as much as possible. Prescription drugs will always have an abuser. There will be people that approach the situation
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partners‚ In homes where domestic violence occurs‚ children are seriously abused or neglected at a rate 1500% higher than the national average in the general population‚ Between 2.3 and 10 million children are witnesses to family violence‚ Based on an estimate of 2 children per household‚ in 55% of violent homes‚ at least 3.3 million children in the U.S. are at risk of witnessing domestic violence each year‚” (Retrieved‚ 10/12/2011‚ http://cdf.childrensdefense.org). Domestic violence is a crime that affects
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Research Paper: Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Deviance the fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards‚ especially in social or sexual behavior. According to Webster dictionary deviant is also something different from what is considered to be normal or morally correct. Beyond the legal definitions of the various forms of domestic violence‚ there are social definitions of assaultive behavior in the home. Social definitions refer to the meanings and interpretations that
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ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENAGERS: General View: It ’s very interesting that I find myself writing about something that not only is commonsense‚ but what is more‚ something that every one knows about in general but may not in particular. Alcohol use among teenagers is a serious problem and is responsible for death and injury in automobile accidents‚ physical and emotional disability‚ deterioration of academic performances‚ aggressive behavior that causes a number of other sociological problems
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examine the presence of posttraumatic stress on child witnesses to domestic violence. The scholarly article found in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry was investigated to aid in this inquiry. The article hypothesized that children witnessing domestic violence are predisposed to the same level of posttraumatic stress simultaneous to if they were the direct victims of physical abuse or sexual abuse. A sample of 35 children‚ 20 whom have witnessed domestic violence and 15 who had not‚ were assessed
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the risk for alcohol and drug abuse. Substance abuse and addiction are major problems in society today. Every segment of society‚ regardless of race‚ gender‚ or age is affected. Some of the substances that are used grow naturally‚ whereas others are manufactured illicitly or even legitimately in laboratories. They may be smoked‚ inhaled‚ ingested‚ or injected and used for social‚ religious‚ or self-medicating purposes. The substances that are abused include caffeine‚ nicotine‚ alcohol‚ steroids‚
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and Domestic Violence Unit CONTENTS So what is domestic violence? ............................................................................................................3 More than hitting? ..............................................................................................................................3 All couples fight – what’s the difference?.............................................................................................4 Who experiences family and domestic violence
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Causes There are many different theories as to the causes of domestic violence. These include psychological theories that consider personality traits and mental characteristics of the perpetrator‚ as well as social theories which consider external factors in the perpetrator’s environment‚ such as family structure‚ stress‚and social learning. As with many phenomena regarding human experience‚ no single approach appears to cover all cases. Whilst there are many theories regarding what causes one
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