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    illegal drug consumption‚ addiction and trafficking through music‚ film and visual imagery to communicate the meaning about drugs and the individuals who take them” (Boyd‚ 2011‚ p.57). Boyd (2011)‚ Christenson et al. (2012) and Primack (2009) argue that the illicit usage of substances is misused amongst the youth who are influenced by a certain public figure‚ film or music genres both portraying substances either positively and negatively such as cannabis. Over time‚ the portrayal of drugs in media

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    Needs of a Pregnant Mother

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    Needs of a pregnant mother Principles of care: * To impress the patient about the importance of regular checkup. * To maintain and improve the health status of the woman to the optimum till delivery. * To improve and tone up the psychology‚ explaining the changes and events likely to occur during pregnancy and labour. Needs of the pregnant mother The needs of a pregnant mother are as follows: i. Diet ii. Personal hygiene including breast care iii. Rest and sleep iv

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    Drug Use among College Students\ Research Methods in Psychology I Tierra Adams 12/3/2008 Dr. Brenner Marijuana is the most frequently used illicit drug in the United States‚ with approximately 32 percent of all Americans having tried it at least once in their lifetime (Marijuana Use among Students‚ 2008). The Harvard School of public Health College Alcohol Study‚ conducted in 1993‚ examined the drug and alcohol use of 17‚592 college students nation-wide (Marijuana Use among Students‚ 2008)

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    conquered during WW1 and they were limited to a small army. This angered the Germans who were in need of a strong leader to help them get back up on it feet and stabilize Germany. That was when Adolf Hitler rose to power and took control of Germany. Hitler promised the Germans that he would restore Germany and it’s economy. Although Hitler’s attempted to restore Germany cause many more problems therefore he should be prosecuted. Adolf Hitler

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    Smoking While Pregnant

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    inside her‚ but what some women do not know is that choices she makes while pregnant can affect her unborn baby in negative ways. Teratogens which are “any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period” (Berk 65) are a frightening reality that every new mother needs to be aware of. Teratogens include drinking alcohol‚ taking prescription and non prescription drugs‚ radiation‚ pollution and many other things a woman might ingest or be exposed to while pregnant. One of the most common

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    Drug Use Protective Factors among Latino Men High School Students in El Paso‚ TX. Andrés Arvizu‚ Edna Martínez‚ Erika Jiménez Molina‚ and Dinora Velarde The University of Texas at El Paso Applied Research Design  Drug Use Protective Factors among Latino Men High School Students in El Paso‚ TX. Educational/Psychological Problem Adolescence constitutes an important period of growth in which adolescents develop physically‚ socially‚ psychologically‚ and cognitively (Stagman‚ Schwarz‚ & Powers‚ 2011)

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    Whether drugs should be legalized or not can be evaluated through Deontology. Deontology directly applies to this topic because it involves the rights and duties of citizens along with having bad consequences. Many argue that doing drugs does no directly impact society therefore drugs should be legalized. However‚ citizens who do drugs often indirectly affect society and directly affect their families. These consequences have already damaged many families and indirectly affected society. This is

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    Illicit: the Dark Trade

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    Bus 335 Illicit: The Dark Trade In today’s world criminal organizations play a huge role in almost every form of trade that isn’t always seen or noticed by the general population. Since the 1990’s illegal crime related trade has increased at a rate of seven times faster than your everyday normal legal trade. It is estimated that in the future “Dark Trade” will reach a level of approximately 10% of all the trade that goes on. Ten percent of all the trade being affiliated with illegal actions is

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    Drug Use in Our Welfare System A common problem in today’s welfare system is the use of drugs. Substance abuse and addiction often interfere with a parent’s ability to get and keep jobs as well as contributes to child abuse and neglect. Addicted mothers show several deficits in their parenting behaviors. They are usually unengaged‚ uncommunicative with their infants‚ often use threatening and authoritarian disciplinary approaches. They also have a higher incidence of child abuse and neglect

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    Illegal Drug Use During the Vietnam War‚ American soldiers and officials used illegal drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin and opium to release stress from war and to kill the pain of an injury. The uses of narcotics were not strictly monitored and were sold at low prices increasing the amount of usage. The use of illicit drugs may have also resulted in some sexual assaults that led to children with mixed nationalities. Before the Americans came into Vietnam‚ drug laws were not well determined and people

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