NSW Drug Court: Is it an effective addition to the legal system? The Drug Court of New South Wales was introduced in February 1999 as a 2-year-pilot program under the Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW). After various evaluations it was decided to extend the pilot-program until 2004‚ with amendments being made to the Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW) in December 2002. The Drug Court’s main objectives are: to reduce the drug dependency of eligible persons to promote the re-integration of such drug dependent
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prescription drug abuser. She even tried killing herself with a drug overdose‚ and had to have her stomach pumped out. Here are her parents! Mr. and Mrs. Smith: We are scared for her life‚ as a parent you can just do so much. She started abusing when her boyfriend broke up with her and she was so depressed and started taking antidepressant pill. Till she hurt herself by falling and got pain killers‚ she started relying on the drugs. When she ran out‚ she started using different over the counter drugs. She
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Topic: How have drugs and alcohol shaped Canadian society? Word Count: 1807 Words How have drugs and alcohol shaped Canadian society? The use of alcohol and other drugs has always been a part of the Canadian society. While having a glass of wine with dinner or a pain tablet for a headache is rarely a problem‚ excessive or inappropriate use of alcohol or other drugs (including prescription drugs) can interfere with daily life and negatively affect work‚ relationships‚ physical and mental
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Applied Ethics Assignment 1 Is it ethical to expel children carrying drugs or alcohol to school? In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the case of 1000 New Zealand schoolchildren being excluded for offences involving drugs or alcohol. I intend to explore key ethical issues surrounding this case and hope to conclude whether expulsion for these offences is the best course of action or not. I will refer to Utilitarianism and the Social Contract Theory to determine whether exclusion of
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1) The purpose of occupational health psychology is to create an environment in which the workers’ needs‚ such as safety and health are sought after (E.Tetrick‚ 2017). Stress hardly occurs within isolation and usually has a ripple effect on all workers in the same environment‚ meaning that if one worker is experiencing depression then it will have a negative impact on co-workers as well. In the current globalized working environment‚ human capital is the main function of any organization and plays
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DARE By: Ryan Addison Did you know that more than 400‚000 people die each year because of tobacco? That is why the 6th graders have DARE. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. DARE is a program that teaches the 6th graders about drugs and violence and how to stop it. The three things that stood out to me in DARE were Tobacco‚ Bullying‚ and Peer Pressure. Tobacco is bad because it has nicotine that makes you addicted to it. It hurts you by giving you lung cancer and
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How much alcohol do teens use? Alcohol is the most frequently used drug by teenagers in the United States. About half of junior high and senior high school students drink alcohol on a monthly basis‚ and 14% of teens have been intoxicated at least once in the past year. Nearly 8% of teens who drink say they drink at least five or more alcoholic drinks in a row (binge drink). What are the dangerous effects of alcohol use in teens? Just a few of the many dangerous effects of alcohol use in teens
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The article I selected was from a case in the state of Illinois about a man named Angel Gonzalez. Angel was charge and convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping and was sentence to 40 years in prison which he served a total of 20. He was finally exonerated in March 2015 from a crime he didn’t commit. Due to the misidentification of the victim Angel lost 20 years of his life. Luckily for him his case was opened in August 2012 by the Innocence Project which uses the most up-to-date DNA testing he
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prosecution of pregnant women who abuse drugs and alcohol. State laws are now considerably different in their approach to resolve this problem due to the social outlook on the the issue.(Dailard) The controversy is determining the balence between womens ’ rights to their body ’s integrity and society ’s interest in healthy pregnancies. There is no criminal law against drug abuse during pregnancy. Prosecutors attempt to use criminal laws against pre-natal substance abuse already in effect such as possesion
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indies | The Relationship Between Drug Abuse and Academic Achievement | ED67V-Quantitative Research Methods | | Daynea Marie Bowes-06000401 & Sasha Schaaffe- | 3/8/2012 | Deviance refers to any behavior‚ belief or condition which may go against the norms of a society or group with drug abuse being categorized as one such form of deviant behaviour (Wantanabe‚ 2006). Drug abuse among teens is a worldwide problem. In Jamaica‚ the use and abuse of drugs by teenagers has steadily increased
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