prosecutor about he pulled my sister over because it was late at night and he saw her swerving and she almost hit a median. He said that when he started talking to her‚ that she had sounded like she was drinking. He made her perform several field sobriety checks and based on how she performed on those and her glossy eyes‚ he then asked her to blow into the breathalyzer. My sister initially refused the breathalyzer but when the officer told her the consequences of refusing a breathalyzer‚ she accepted
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conduct a traffic stop on a driver they must have a probable cause that the driver did or is committing a traffic violation. Next‚ if the officer suspects that the driver is intoxicated he can request that the driver perform what is known as the field sobriety test. The purpose of the test is to detect possible impairment and establish a probable cause for arrest. The test can be carried out through various procedures. It can be a walk and turn test‚ standing on one leg test or the rhomberg balance test
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and medications to give the recovering alcoholic the skills needed for maintaining sobriety” (“Treatment of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism”). Medications are helpful‚ such as Benzodiazepines which are‚ “anti-anxiety drugs used to treat withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety and poor sleep and to prevent seizures and delirium” (“Treatment of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism”). Lastly‚ the treatment program to maintain sobriety‚ “This step’s success requires an alcoholic to be self-driven. The key to maintenance
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the civil rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Portland‚ Oregon. Many people living with HIV/AIDS‚ at some point during their illness‚ find themselves in need of housing assistance and support services. Stable housing promotes improved health‚ sobriety or decreased use of alcohol and illegal drugs‚ and‚ for some‚ a return to paid employment and productive social activities. As the number of people living with HIV/AIDS continues to grow in both urban and rural areas throughout the United States
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Premiere Wynne‚ Consider the following criminological conclusions and recommendations to reduce crime and protect victims. 1. The risk of crime and victimization to Canadians and its costs to taxpayers and to victims According to the Institute for Prevention of Crime (2009)‚ for every 1‚000‚000 Canadians there are 60‚000 victims of assault‚ 16‚000 victims of sexual assault‚ and 18‚000 victims of theft from or of cars. These statistics are limited because they come from police recorded
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Solutions for Homelessness This great nation of awesome power and abundant resources is losing the battle against homelessness. The casualties can be seen on the street corners of every city in American holding an "I will work for food" sign. Homeless shelters and rescue missions are at full capacity. There is no room at the inn for the nation’s indigent. Anyone who has studied this issue understands that homelessness is a complex problem. Communities continue to struggle with this socio-economic
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House M.D. is a medical drama and investigative series that centers on the job of Dr. Gregory House. He is a physician who works at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital as the Director of Diagnostic medicine where he supervises a team of highly skilled doctors who take on medical cases that other doctors fail to solve. In season six‚ episode three of House M.D‚ House explores different ways of distracting himself after completing a rehab program. As an addict to Vicodin‚ he must cut all of his old habits
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Ricardo Justin Ballinas Sue Wright‚ M.A. English 1301-Composition M-W 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm Ricardo Ballinas Addiction: A Three Part Disease October 1st‚ 2012 Sue Wright Addiction: A Three Part Disease Addiction can be separated into three categories: mind (neurological)‚ body (physical)‚ and spirit (psychological). Within in this breakdown addiction can possibly be explained and properly understood. In order to better understand addiction as a disease as opposed to a moral dilemma it
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used for research instead. Alcoholics Anonymous was started by Bill W. and Dr. Bob in Akron‚ Ohio in 1935. Bill W.‚ who was fighting his own battle against drinking‚ learned that helping other alcoholics was the key to maintaining his own sobriety (http://alcoholism.about.com). That belief is where The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous derived from. Bill sought out to find another alcoholic. In doing so‚ he met a surgeon named Dr. Bob who for years had been fighting a battle with drinking
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Because caffeine‚ like alcohol‚ is a diuretic it increases the chances of a person becoming dehydrated. F. Mixing energy drinks with alcohol. 7. A person might feel sober because their more alert‚ but that’s just a false sense of sobriety. Therefore they end up drinking more alcohol. 8. Another downside to this is your body will take longer to sober up because caffeine slows down the burning of alcohol in your bloodstream. 9. These energy drinks are stimulants
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