Teen alcohol substance use is a problem among many adolescents. Not only does underage drinking among adolescents ranging from ages 13 to 20 have an effect on them, it has an impact on families and communities too. Social influences, peer pressure and parental norms are some of the factors that cause under age drinking among adolescents. Severe consequences can occur when adolescents use or abuse alcohol if they are not addressed in a timely manner. Binge drinking, health illness, court cost, jail time and fees are among the money consequences that occur when adolescents use or abuse alcohol....
Medicine/medical treatment is defined as the "use of therapies, such as prescription medications or surgeries, that are specifically order and supervised by a physician" (CFIDS). ... Part Two Randomized controlled trials are considered the gold level standard of proof of many research techniques where treatments and therapies are concerned by the scientific community. ...
Domestic violence against women is widespread phenomenon that has affected the lives and health of women's mental and physical health. Domestic violence can be sexual violence between couples such as rape or incest. One out of every three female homicide victims is killed by their husbands or boyfriends. This may happen during rape when a women is forced to have sex, is physically beaten while sex or is strangled during sex. This is used as ways to achieve power and control over her body and herself. ...
Abstract Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. Currently all 50 states have either a law enacted or are proposing Megan's Law which requires the regis...
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by the removal or forcing out from the womb of a fetus or embryo before it is able to survive on its own. surgical methods appear to have a lower risk of side effects. Abortion in the developed world has a long history of being among the safest procedures in medicine when allowed by local law. Uncomplicated abortions do not cause either long term mental health or physical problems. Unsafe abortions, however, result in approximately 47,000 maternal deaths and 5 million hospital admissions per year globally. An estimated 44 million abortions are performed glob...
The World Conference on Human Rights took place over two weeks in June of 1993. The Conference was held in Vienna, Austria. In attendance were 171 states committed to strengthening human rights throughout the world and to presenting an international plan to accomplish this goal. Also in attendance were thousands of delegates from more than eight hundred non-governmental organizations (UNHCHR, 1996). These people included representatives for the disabled and handicapped, children, women, those who have been tortured, prisoners, and indigenous people (Drinan, 2001: 55). ...
THE BETTER KNOWN EATING DISORDERS There are many diseases, disorders, and problem conditions involving food, eating, and weight, but in everyday conversation, the term "eating disorders" has come to mean primarily anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder (Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc., 2002). Anorexia nervosa : a relentless pursuit of "thinness- Symptoms often include: Refusing to maintain normal body weight for their age and height. Weighing 85% or less than weight expected for their age and height. Existing in a state of denial regarding th...
The link between drug use and crime is not a new one and numerous studies show that drugs use directly relates to crime in multiple ways. First of all, and most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamines). Illegal and illicit drugs also are directly related to crime through the effects they have on the user's behavior and by generating violence and other illegal activity in connection with drug trafficking. The Office of national Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) su...
The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the problem is far more pervasive and terrible than it was ever thought to be and that the myths which had previously rationalized why such violence occurred between men and women who supposedly loved each other are untrue. Every minute in the United States, four women are beaten by a significant ...
Coles also noted an increase of asthma or breathing difficulty, increased needs for psychical therapy, speech impediments, and an increased probability of neglectful and abusive behavior in individuals exposed to one or more substance prenatally (Coles 48). ...
Introduction Plants used as medical treatments for is a practice that transcends since the beginning of time. Ancient civilizations, such as the first with written records, indicate their use of plants and herbs for their healing properties. Indian and African cultures are widely known for their use of plants for medicinal purposes. Actually the use of plants to cure and treat diseases and illnesses is far less common in industrialized civilizations, such as North America. This is not to say that the America's did not have their fair share of plant based medicinal practices. ...
Abstract This ethnographic study was undertaken to explore the culture behind tattoos in America. This specific particular study mainly focuses on people who fall under the category of been in their late adolescence/early adulthood. A total of five people were interviewed for this study. Three of th...
MEASURING SOCIALISM IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of America? It must first be state that neither Canada nor the USA is considered a socialist state. For the purpose of this project, a socialist state would be one such as Greece was until the early 1990's; a country where the state owns all forms of companies and/or businesses and offers practically every type of social service known to modern governments. Since none of the two North American countri...
The APA statement on sexual orientation is this " As these statements make clear, the nation's leading professional medical, health, and mental health organizations do not support efforts to change young people's sexual orientation through therapy and have raised serious concerns about the potential harm from such efforts. ...
Presented Problem- Gangs As defined by Sgt. M. Longo's website on "Gang Information" of the Huron Valley Mens, "a gang is a group of people that form an allegiance to the exclusion of others, for a common purpose of engaging in violent, antisocial, or criminal behavior" (www.geocities.com/rainfore...