Substance Abuse And The Effects Of Substance Abuse Substance abuse is seen as maladaptive and not considered dependant but can lead to dependency with certain drugs. There is a huge range of drugs such as alcohol‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines‚ benzodiazepines and opiates. Some of these drugs are illegal in some countries and regions and can lead to criminal prosecution if caught in possession or under the influence of them. Public health practitioners have undertaken many studies into drug abuse from an
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and help victims of sexual misconducts. According to the Nova campus police website‚ if a complaint needs to be made these are the department to turn to; Deans of Students‚ Director of Human Resources‚ College Police‚ Sexual Assault Services‚ Title IX Coordinator – Mr. Therman Coles and NovaCare. These departments work together and individually to insure security on campus. Nova is structured in a way that students or faculty have a place to turn to if any complains on sexual misconducts takes place
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In today’s society violence and abuse have become a huge problem. It can be mental or physical abuse. Abuse can happen in any kind of relationship: boyfriend/girlfriend‚ parent/child‚ or employer/employee. The one area of abuse caught my eye is foster parents abusing foster children. This past year I know of some personal cases where the foster parents abused the foster children and have even killed one. In the journal “Confidentiality Act to Shield Abuse in Foster Care” it states‚ “As Miguel’s brain
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Substance abuse‚ also known as drug abuse‚ is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical professionals. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited to mood-altering or psycho-active drugs. If an activity is performed using the objects against the rules and policies of the matter (as in steroids for performance enhancement in sports)‚ it is also called substance abuse. Therefore‚ mood-altering
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child abuse in the field of physical abusing to those children who are treated imperfectly. I just want to advocate this because sometimes I can see some children who are abused physically. And some children are died because of this. Sometimes I can see some children who are not going to their school because they have a trauma. Their mental condition is affected so their studies are also affected. So‚ I want to solve this problem in order to help other children. II. ISSUE CHILD ABUSE is the
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Examples of how child abuse can occur Physical Physical abuse can include the following: • Physical discipline • Striking‚ punching or striking with a foot • Shoving‚ shaking or tossing • Squeeze skin‚ nip with teeth ‚ strangle or pulling hair • Use of unrestrained force when holding/touching • Purposely spiking • Smothering • Made up/encouraged illness • Mutilation of female genital Neglect The following are features of child neglect: • Lack of appropriate care and direction • Dietary deficiency
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Sexual Harassment in the workplace Since the beginning of time sexual harassment in the workplace has been present. In the beginning‚ complaints of sexual harassment were looked at as insignificant complaints about incompatible working relationships as a result of men and woman working together‚ and it wasn’t of concern of the employers responsibility. After America accepted sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination in the 1970s‚ Australia was also deeply influenced by this decision
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Bocij‚ P. (2004). Cyberstalking: harassment in the Internet age and how to protect your family. USA: Praeger Publisher. Bocij‚ P. (2004). Cyberstalking: harassment in the Internet age and how to protect your family. Westport‚ CT: Praeger Publisher. Burgess-Proctor‚ A.‚ Patchin‚ J. W.‚ & Hinduja‚ S. (2009). Cyberbullying and online harassment: Reconceptualizing the victimization of adolescent girl. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. Colorosso‚ B. (2003). The Bully‚ the Bullied
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Shondra Gant 91-1413 Halahua St. Kapolei‚ HI 96707 (123)456-7890 gantshondra@yahoo.com October 7‚ 2012 Theo Bark Writer TheBoomBox.com 770 Broadway New York‚ NY 10003 Dear Mr. Bark‚ Your article written on October 5‚ 2012 concerning the Chris Brown and Rihanna matter‚ writing how her father approves of their reconciliation is not a subject that should just be taken lightly. Abusive relationships are a serious matter and stating that it is okay to continue a relationship with your
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Throughout the 1980’s‚ rises in crime caused officials to cut down on misconduct‚ and begin enforcing more controlling policies and regulations in schools (“The School to Prison Pipeline”). Although one would expect actions like so to help solve the problem‚ they ended up making the problem even worse. By implementing stricter disciplinary codes in schools‚ these officials ended up creating what is now known as the school to prison pipeline‚ a situation for students in which their time spent in an
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