3. Behaviorists assert that interventions should focus‚ when possible‚ in reinforcing rather than punishing behaviors. Why is this? Think about client populations such as substance abusers or aggressive children. How can social workers develop interventions that reinforce certain client behaviors while extinguishing others? Punishing behaviors can be alienating and result in a loss of a practitioner’s perceived reinforcing behavior. People naturally prefer seeking rewards over avoiding punishment
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Just like a movie action star‚ Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán‚ the most notorious drug lord in the world managed to escape from prison despite the maximum security. This is not the first but the second time that the powerful drug lord slip from the hands of the law enforcement. Guzman used a tunnel 1.5 kilometer in length to get out of prison. A small hole in the shower area of the cell was used during the escape. According to Alejandro Rubido‚ Security Commissioner of Mexico‚ the long tunnel was fitted
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Mexican Drug War Introduction The Mexican Drug War is perhaps the deadliest and most devastating battle this country has encountered in it’s history. Its’ violence affects both civilians and its’ very culture. Since 2006‚ the border of Mexico has been a place of hostility‚ turmoil‚ and outright warfare which has transitioned throughout the countryside. Unlike traditional military solutions‚ Mexico and the United States must work together to quell the hostility by creating economic opportunities
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copy the same behaviors. Substance abuse might start out as a bad habit but when and if addiction develops it manifests as a chronic debilitating disease. Page 2 Patterns of Abuse #1 ‘Hard’ Drug Use “Hard” drugs‚ such as heroin‚ cocaine and methamphetamine‚ tend to be the most dangerous‚ both in terms of their effects on health and behavior as well as the risk of addiction. While some individuals use these drugs recreationally‚ addiction can set in after just one use‚ setting into motion a rapid
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famous who are abusing drugs that we don’t hear about or read about but we know they are out there and in need of help especially the ones that are among the living. The drugs that I fear the most that are causing so many problems are alcohol‚ methamphetamines‚ Amphetamines‚ which include oxycontin which has become so popular on the street . Is there an addiction worst than any other addiction ? I don’t think so I feel all addictions are a problem‚ but I have heard that the crack cocaine is worst addiction
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Gabrielle Spensley Period 6th Research Paper: Privacy Issues 3/1/13 Amendment I: Privacy of Beliefs‚ Amendment III: Privacy of the Home‚ Amendment IV: Privacy of the Person and Possessions and Liberty Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which states that no State shall... deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law. These are your basic privacy rights stated under the U.S. Bill of Rights. However there are other Acts‚ types of privacy and cases that have supported
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user can fail a hair drug test. One more important piece of hair drug testing information is that certain substances are more detectable in a hair drug test than others. While casual use of marijuana may be detected‚ one time use of cocaine‚ methamphetamine‚ or opiates
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or methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). The author shows an example of the effects of the drug by using set person‚ Mr. S‚ to show what happens to the average bath salt user. Mr. S is a fifty year old man who has had a prior substance abuse to methamphetamines and a history of violence resulting in incarcerations. After extensive tests‚ however; Mr. S did come up negative for HIV‚ gonorrhea‚ hepatitis‚ and chlamydia which would make one believe there is no necessary connection between disease and synthetic
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on Drugs which was hosted by Robin Williams. The video explored different experiments/tests on four different people who deal with long time drug addiction. The video explores the effects some of the main illegal drugs in America: marijuana‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine‚ and heroine. The show explained how drugs worked in the body by placing each participant through a test whether it was driving through an obstacle course‚ building a bookcase‚ experiencing a high-stress situation‚ and lifting heavy objects
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also talks about how the probation will make it where it makes it to be legal for all to purchase and the benefits to the government to make more money by this cause. It also explains that Patrick Moen rose to supervise a team of agents busting methamphetamine and heroin rings in Oregon - before giving it all up to join the nascent legal marijuana industry in
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