Ethnocultural Paper: Italian Culture and Its Impact on Substance Abuse It is believed there is a close link between alcohol and culture. Ethnocultural theory of understanding the interrelations of alcohol and human behavior are that "ways of drinking and of thinking about drinking are ... loving expressions turn into strict rules. Due to the ridged rules for adolescent girls, pertaining to dating and boys, these girls rebel and look else where for love, "At times, drugs and alcohol may become a component of this rebellion" (Straussner, 2001). "Pleasure from food and eating became central to ...

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... can see that divorce can have vast implications on a child under certain circumstances. Other studies have shown that children of divorced families are more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, more likely to begin sexual activity earlier, to give birth to a child as a teenager, and to have more pregnancies outside marriage than children of non-divorced parents (McIntosh et al ... is not the child's fault that the marriage did not work out. Parents are also advised to both discuss their separation with the child together. As such it is now believed that co-operative parenting is...

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... the number of women in prison in this country is a result of changes in criminal justice policy that were intended to 'take a bite out of crime' and wage a 'war on drugs'. The consequences of these policies for women is seldom mentioned and even less is heard about their impact on children. According to the Department of Justice, 76.4% of the women ... about the feelings children had about being separated from their mothers and fears about what would happen when the mother returned. Some care givers were angry with the mothers and believed they would not be able to maintain a substance-...

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