Attentional Deficit, Alcoholism, and P300 Amplitude Two of the largest issues concerning youth in the United States today are psychiatric illness and drug abuse. Increasingly large numbers of young people are being diagnosed with various neurological problems, such as depression, learning disa...

Is there a correlation between the use of alcohol and drugs and youth crime? Many have asked this question in an effort to find the cause of youth crime and perhaps a way to prevent it. Many believe that drugs and alcohol are, in some cases, related to youth crime; such as selling drugs, break and...

Natalia ArenaApril 24, 2001IST. 125Margaret ChristiensenWhat are the Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics?A lot of research has shown that children of alcoholics have a wide range of characteristics associated with their parents' drinking habits. Having an alcoholic parent has many long lastin...

Introduction: Drug Testing vs. Employee Assistance ProgramsIn our last meeting we were asked to offer proposals on how we can cut costs. In looking into this I found some interesting research on eliminating drug testing in favor of Employee Assistance Programs. By eliminating our drug-testing prog...

When habits or behaviors begin to dominate daily life and people find themselves powerless to stop the chaos despite the consequences or the desire to do so, then it is very likely that addiction is active. Addiction is a factor that causes people to offend and re-offend against Criminal Law. There ...

HEROIN The use of heroin continues to climb in most areas. The number of varieties and sources of heroin available, combined with an increased domestic demand make the heroin market the fastest growing drug market reported. While there are indications of increased use of heroin among younge...

Drug Courts came about as a result of a backlogged court system and a steady, rapidly increasing prison population. Drug courts are a form of diversion that helps the offender through rehabilitation and the community through an increased sense of protection, which serves the best interest of everyon...

Chemical dependency, also known as alcoholi sm, affects ten to twenty million Americans a year will die from their dependency prematurely unless they get help (Cummings). Along with diabetes, cancer or cardiovascular difficulties, chemical dependency is too a disease with signs, symptoms and treat...

Political Socialization is the process, by which citizens of a particular region, nation, state, city, or country develop the ways in which they develop views and beliefs about the political issues of their respective areas. This process is developed in America, through this nation\'s citizens\' fam...

The topic for my research is the production and distribution of cocaine in South America. South America and especially in the areas of Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia are dominated by cartels that rule the drug trade, and are responsible for over 80% of the production and distribution of cocaine in th...

In his opening statement to An Introduction to Critical Thinking, W.H. Werkmeister states, "Men's control over the forces of nature ha become possible only because his intelligence and understanding have enabled him to run to his own advantage what otherwise might have destroyed him" (15). On the ...

1. Termination of an Established Needle-Exchange: A Study of Claims and Their Impact is an article written by Robert S. Broadhead, Yael Van Hulst, and Douglas D Heckathorn, appearing in Social Problems, published in 1999.The information in the is article was split into two parts, Part I: Th...

In the last decade, methamphetamine use has dramatically increased throughout the United States. This growing epidemic raises concerns for a variety of reasons. First, methamphetamine is extremely addictive and often leads to compulsive use. Secondly, this is particularly problematic because as the ...

Table of Contents 1........................................ Introduction2......................................... Defining Drugs3........................................ Drug Use/ Misconceptions4.........................................Drugs and Corruption5........................................

American Drug Trade On February 28th 2001 in Nogalas, Arizona federal agents raided a border house and seized 840 pounds of cocaine that had been trafficked through an underground smuggling tunnel. "If we were to say that there are no more tunnels out there than we'd have our heads in th...

It is obvious that illegal drugs have become a major cause for concern in North America. It is becoming increasingly difficult to fight the war on drugs since many substances are readily available to anyone who can afford them. According to the PFDA, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, the average...

The negative connotations that surround the issue of drug use have been perpetuated by the media and have created a very unhealthy societal fear of drugs. Improper drug use is dangerous, not the chemical compound itself. A major factor in one's drug experience is the users personality. A person w...

Health Promotion : Date Rape DrugsThe issue of substances used to facilitate date rape is one that deserves a great deal of attention. Over the years, there has been a dramatic increase in reports of drug misuse leading to sexual assault. It is necessary for everyone to be aware of the general thr...

Methadone, a long-acting synthetic narcotic analgesic, was first used in the maintenance treatment of drug addiction in the mid-1960s by Drs. Vincent Dole and Marie Nyswander of Rockefeller University. There are now 115,000 methadone maintenance patients in the United States, 40,000 of w...

Introduction The purpose of this study is to ascertain the affects of drug-abusing fathers on the drug usage of their young adolescent children. A special targeted population were chosen for this study; they are the children of drug-abusing fathers who are HIV-positive or at risk for becoming HIV-po...

Anti-legalization of Marijuana Dear Congressman, I am honored to be writing to you on such a significant topic of national concern. Average citizens are annoyed and just plain fatigued with the drugs and crime problems in America. These upright citizens, that contribute to the growth of American soc...

Alcoholism is A disorder characterized by the excessive consumption of and dependence on alcoholic beverages, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. For those who didn't know, alcoholism is a disease. Like other diseases it is chronic, meaning tha...

Introduction The use of marijuana on college campuses is one of the mostcontentious issues facing the academic world today. Marijuana is widelyused within American society, despite widespread anti-drug lobbies andprevention campaigns. The effects of marijuana have been said to includeeffects o...

Kim BennettMrs. DeJongEnglish IV7 January 2001Inequality in the United States' Legal SystemIn the United States, true equality has never existed. From theDeclaration of Independence to modern times, the US legal system has failed atany attempt at equality. '...all men are created equal...' may be ...

The Ethics of Harm Reduction: Medical Conditions or Criminal LawHarm Reduction as defined on the "About the Harm Reduction Training Institute" web page, is an approach that aims to reduce the negative consequences of drug use through utilizing a full spectrum of strategies from safer drug use to mod...