Running head: DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION Drug Abuse Prevention Programs: Effectiveness of DARE and Project ALERT Drug Abuse Prevention Programs: Effectiveness of DARE and Project ALERT Although drug use among secondary school students appears to have leveled off during the late 1990s‚ US adolescents continue to use alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and marijuana at unacceptably high rates. Among eighth graders‚ 52% have tried alcohol‚ 41% have tried cigarettes‚ and 20% have tried marijuana. By 12th grade these rates
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Peer-reviewed Articles Kimberly Winkler Psy/500 October 8‚ 2012 Bridgette Jenkins Abstract Resilience in any human being is vital but it also is important because it is the human capacity to face‚ overcome and strengthen by or even transformed by the adversities of life (Grotberg E.‚ Unknown). Every individual faces some sort of adversities which means that no one is exempt (Grotberg E. Unknown). Children are no exception to adversities so they must form resilience so they can overcome
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Article Review Steven Anders Criminal Justice 500 November 30‚ 2014 Honorable Scott W. Naus Instructor Abstract Judges are the most prestigious members of the court system‚ but they are faced with challenges that reflect upon there ethics‚ and faithfulness to the people they serve. Often judges make careless misstates and forget that they are appointed or voted in by the public. Therefore some judges have been removed from the bench due to their behavior that includes‚ sexual allegations
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Australia is a drug-using society. The most common drugs used are alcohol‚ coffee‚ nicotine and various medications. Less commonly used are illegal drugs such as cannabis (marijuana)‚ ecstasy‚ heroin and amphetamines (speed). What is a drug? A drug is any substance‚ solid‚ liquid or gas‚ that brings about physical and/or psychological changes. The drugs of most concern in the community are those that affect the central nervous system. They act on the brain and can change the way a person thinks
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Article review by Dawn Drake – Writing sample 5/2008 dawn.drake@yahoo.com Lieff‚ J. (1982). Eight reasons why doctors fear the elderly‚ chronic illness‚ and death. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology‚ 14(1)‚ 47-60. Jonathan Lieff‚ author of this article‚ holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical College‚ and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry (Ages Health Services Inc.‚ 1996). When the article was published in 1982‚ Lieff had developed services
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they will have strong effects. By Maureen Glabman Contributing Editor In 1995‚ Harvard business school professors Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower put “disruptive technologies” in the business lexicon by introducing the term in a seminal article in the school’s journal. The phrase described what happened in 1960‚ for example‚ when an unknown company‚ Sony‚ began selling an affordable transistor television that eventually replaced RCA’s vacuum tube. Soon it became apparent the transistor
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1.0 Article Review Name: Review of Giovanni Tapang “Don’t teach maths and science in English” Giovanni Tapang. (2012). Don’t teach maths and science in English. Giovanni Tapang‚ author of the article “Don’t teach maths and science in English” is an associate professor at the National Institute of Physics‚ University of the Philippines. He says that English may be the language of science‚ but students learn better and contribute more when taught in their local tongue. There are three reasons
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can hardly open a newspaper without seeing on article on drug abuse among teenagers. Sadly as it is‚ this kind of social evil has driven more and more youngsters to nowhere but cruelty and crime. The first and foremost step towards any possible solution‚ I feel‚ is to point out the causes that lead to this problem. Some of them can be low-esteem‚ lack of parents’ attention and influence from bad friends. To begin with‚ teens often begin using drugs because of low-esteem. This is party a psychological
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University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: 1/12/13 TO: Mark Rorem FROM: RE: E-Business Makes Protection Of Intellectual Property More Critical‚ Complex Than Ever ARTICLE SYNOPSIS In this article‚ it discusses first the fact that many companies now are feeling the need to switch over to an e-business. With switching to the e-business‚ it then goes over the fact that protecting intellectual property is a
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Num ber 2 THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF DRUG ABUSE This study was originally prepared by UNDCP as a position paper for the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen‚ 6-12 March 1995) Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter Part one: background I. The drug problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. B. C. D. E. The
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