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    Drug Abuse

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    Drug abuse has an effect on all aspects of life; overall health and wellness‚ family life‚ and the community. With there being so many different kinds of drugs the effects are endless. The effect of drug abuse does not discriminate or focus on any one person. Drug abuse can be found in any area of the world and the overall effects can be devastating to anyone involved. A person’s choice to use any kind of illegal drug or abusing prescribed medicines can have a damaging impact on their overall health

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    most us has got used it. The numbers of the victims more and more increase rapidly in such a degree that makes us shudder. Prospectively‚ there was an alarming increase in drug abuse at our college. Many students take cocaine‚ heroine‚ LSD‚ hash‚ crack‚ and other drugs; all these illegal substances provoke undeniably addiction. The reasons that led to that accrual are various. Firstly‚ the alienated interpersonal relationships has decreased the esoteric communication

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    Throughout history there has been a constant. Substance abuse has been around since the dawn of time‚ consuming millions of lives in its wake. These people that get addicted are normal‚ everyday people that lose their way in life. Unfortunately the people that lose their way down this path have a tough time fighting back to normalcy. During this time‚ they not only affect themselves for the worst‚ they affect the people around them; the people who care about them. There are many facets to drug addiction

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    declared war on drugs in 1971 he enacted the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The federal government uses the Controlled Substance Act to outline the drugs into five classifications or schedules. They are categorized by the level of dependency‚ abuse potential and their medical use. A doctor may choose to prescribe you a drug but regulations are set into place to limit them from the amount and dosage to avoid abuse and dependency to each substance. A doctor is registered with the Drug Enforcement Agency

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    Workplace Bullying

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    characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person. Bullies may behave this way out of jealousy or because they themselves are bullied. When they leave school‚ they will most likely carry on their bullying in the workplace. ( Tempo‚ News In A Flash‚ Posted by Online on Jan 18th‚ 2012) New bullying statistics released in 2010 are showing that bullying is still a problem among children and teens‚ but is taking on a different approach with cyberbullying becoming more

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    Drug Abuse Commonly Abused Drugs Commonly abused drugs: (1) Alcohol; (2) hallucinogenic (vision producing) drugs‚ such as LSD and mescaline; (3) marijuana; (4) nicotine‚ which is found in tobacco; (5) opiates‚ including most narcotics; (6) sedatives‚ including barbiturates and other kinds of sleeping pills; (7) stimulants‚ such as cocaine and amphetamines and other “pep pills.” Inhalants‚ which are fumes inhaled from such substance as cleaning fluids‚ gasoline‚ and model airplane glue‚ are

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    Child Abuse

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    Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse is any act that endangers a child’s physical or emotional health and development. Child abuse and neglect can take place anywhere. The child often knows the abuser well a parent‚ relative‚ babysitter‚ or friend of the family. Child abuse and neglect crosses all ethnic‚ racial‚ social‚ and economic lines This book talks and expresses the examinations of child neglect in families and its relevance to research‚ policy and practice in the field of services to children

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    Vulnerable Population in the Workplace NUR 440 February 11‚ 2013 Vulnerable Population in the Workplace One has chosen to focus on the substance abuse patients as the vulnerable population for the project. Frequently one has identified and seen stigmatization‚ prejudgments‚ and poor care given to this population in the workplace. Many patients are discharged each day with no plan of care‚ no education on resources and no instructions for follow up care. The outcomes and possibilities

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    Testing in the Workplace Drug abuse has been on the increase in the world today‚ with its effects causing greater challenges at the workplace. Drugs can cause ill health‚ increase accidents at work and substantially reduce an employee’s output. Therefore‚ employers have been keen to keep drug misuse off the workplace. With most employers implementing drug testing at their workplace‚ it can be difficult for drug users to get employment in the future. Drug testing at the workplace has proven to reduce

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    drag abuse

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    Hezeng Wang Social Problems Discussion 1 Oct 3rd 2013 Drug Abuse In nowadays‚ drugs become more and more familiar to people. In fact‚ drugs actually are good to human beings.  They can be used to help and lessen pain.  However‚ drugs abuse has become an important social problem. According to the textbook‚ there are so many drugs in the United States‚ such as marijuana‚ cocaine‚ nicotine‚ heroin‚ alcohol‚ and so forth.  According to a survey‚ more than 12.8 million Americans‚ about six

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