Substance Abuse
Essays

¶ … raged among those in law enforcement: do prisons exist to punish, or to rehabilitate? I argue that they can, and should be, both. While certainly some prisoners will never reform and will always remain a threat to…

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While suicidal ideation is troublesome when expressed by any client, it is particularly disturbing when expressed by an adolescent, given the specific risk factors inherent for this age group regarding brain development.

Acetaldehyde, also called ethanol, is an organic chemical compound. Its chemical formula is CH3CHO, oftentimes chemically abbreviated as MeCHO (ME= methyl). It is one of the more important aldehydes, occurring robustly…

There are two main reasons to use punishment for criminals, one has to do with the criminal and the other is about the victims or their families.

Substance abuse, commonly referred to as drug abuse and alcohol abuse, has recently gained popularity amid the youth of America. This is a treatment efficacy paper that primarily aimed to analyze and highlight the studies and methods used to measure the success or failure of substance abuse treatments amongst teenagers

This article discusses post traumatic stress disorder based on the DSM-IV-TR description of the disorder in which the illness is classified as an anxiety disorder. The discussion includes a description of the illness, causative factors, and diagnosis of this disease. The other parts examine the treatment of this disease and current research efforts on post traumatic stress disorder.

¶ … foster children face, especially when they become emancipated and begin to live life on their own. It has often been suggested that many more African-American children are in foster care than are children of other…

Criminal Justice System – Most Important Change Needed According to my research of Criminal Justice websites, journal articles and books, perhaps the most needed improvement is the System's institutionalized assistance in breaking the cycle of substance abuse in America. On a daily basis, all levels of the Criminal Justice System must deal with either substance abuse charges or related problems such as thefts committed to obtain drug money, domestic abuse by drug abusers and probation violations by failed drug tests. As a result, the System is forced to deal with the significant impact of drug abuse in the United States. It appears that Criminal Justice experts are determined to break the cycle of substance abuse in our Nation in order to handle all the drug/alcohol-related problems faced by the System. Through decades of intelligent observation and practice, the System is gradually realizing that merely punishing substance abuse offenders is an ineffective method of dealing with the substance abuse cycle. Consequently, the System must pay closer attention to the science of addiction and institutionalize methods of dealing with addiction throughout the System. First, the System should require system-wide continuing education of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, police, probation officers and all other members of the Criminal Justice System about the science of addiction. Secondly, the educators and the members of the Criminal Justice System should work together for a statewide or even nationwide plan to determine: what roles each member of the Criminal Justice System should play in dealing with addiction, according to his/her job in the System; what information must be gathered to decide whether a person suffers from addiction; the earliest/best times to screen people who come into contact with the System; all the possible alternatives for dealing with screened people, depending on their assessment results. Third, these decisions should be used to design effective System-wide: alternative programs for dealing with addiction; screening and assessment in order to decide which people should be merely prosecuted and which people need alternatives such as substance abuse treatment. Fourth, the System needs to empower and encourage all members of the Criminal Justice System to use effective alternatives to sentencing. Fifth, the System needs to empower and encourage all members of the Criminal Justice System to supervise people being helped by those alternatives, using the power of their positions to encourage each person's cooperation. By adopting a System-wide approach to substance abuse, the Criminal Justice System can more effectively and ultimately inexpensively deal with our rampant drug/alcohol-related criminal problems.

The causes of drug dependency are numerous and begin for many during exposure in youth. The discussion here considers the impact that social factors have on the decision to begin abusing young. Additional consideration is given to the possibility that some are predisposed to addition by genetic makeup or mental health.