Research Question: Why is the abuse of Adderall on the rise with college and high school students? I picked this question because I have been hearing a lot about the rise in popularity of Adderall use among students. I also remembered Officer Rimell talking about it during her drug presentation. I wanted to find out why Adderall is being used‚ what it is being used for and why it is so popular among students. Imagine being in college‚ you’re stressed beyond anything you can imagine and you need
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Become a Better Writer: Understand and Avoid Plagiarism Gretchen F. Thomas Liberty University Abstract This text explores plagiarism in a form that provides the reader a better understanding of the term. Although many have learned of plagiarism‚ many have not fully grasped in detail what the term means. Avoiding plagiarism is possible. After reading this text the reader will understand intentional and unintentional plagiarism‚ the importance of proper citations within the document body as
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The Abuse of Welfare Welfare was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 to help poverty toward children and other dependent people in need of assistance. Money paid by the government to those who are in need of financial assistance‚ or who are just unable to work because of physical or health reasons. This program helped many people in the Great Depression and still helps families to survive today. The program was invented to help families reenter society‚ and not for people to entirely
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December 6th‚ 2011 Part D: Research Report Child abuse is a world-wide issue that is gradually increasing. I wanted to know how much target group‚ high school students male and female‚ know about this topic. So I conducted a survey to try and prove my hypothesis that high school students don’t have enough knowledge about child abuse. The method I used to gather my data was as I mentioned‚ conducting a survey. I randomly selected students
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Child Abuse . Definition "Child abuse" can be defined as causing or permitting any harmful or offensive contact on a child’s body; and‚ any communication or transaction of any kind which humiliates‚ shames‚ or frightens the child. Some child development experts go a bit further‚ and define child abuse as any act or omission‚ which fails to nurture or in the upbringing of the children. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect as: “at a minimum‚ any recent
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PSY1462 Drug and alcohol abuse can happen for a number of reasons. Some people grow up around it‚ their friends do it‚ commercials influence them‚ and rappers rap about it. Is it possible that there is a link between drugs and alcohol? Can you be addicted to one and not the other‚ or could it just be isolated to preference of drugs or alcohol? In this paper‚ I will give my opinion of children of substance abusers and the abuser‚ and a peer reviewed article on substance abuse. When alcohol and drugs
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Military Veterans face many life changing stressors while away on active duty as well as when they return home. To cope with the stress‚ drugs and alcohol become a way to self-medicate and cover the unseen pain. Substance abuse‚ because of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ is a coping mechanism for some of the nation’s Veterans‚ but with proper medical attention‚ treatment is possible. PTSD can occur after a traumatic event‚ in which there are four types of symptoms: reliving the event or
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Domestic abuse is an ongoing issue that has been pushed aside for many years and has now been highlighted in the media to gain attention so that it can be prevented in the future. Domestic violence is an issue that police and government are advertising so that people will report any abuse that is happening to them or someone they know; as most domestic abuse cases are not reported. 1 in 4 women will experience a type of domestic violence in her lifetime and 3 million men have been victims of physical
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inside their neighborhood‚ and creating dysfunction. Bellair and McNulty (2009) bring up the thesis that drug dealing increase the violence of members and the community in general. Horowitz (1987) hypothesis is the community and families tolerate and understand the criminal behavior of some of the members until it begins
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Substance Abuse Crystal Imbornone PSY/270 June 23‚ 2015 Deborah Eastwood Substance Abuse I think that many people who are stricken with substance abuse have undergone a traumatic event that has changed their life. These events can be such things as: divorce‚ death of someone close‚ rough childhood‚ and predisposed disposition.This idea gives them the feeling of doing things that they would normally not do. Divorce is another one of those things that people go through that causes them to rethink
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