Academic papers on Drugs & Alcohol

Teen Drinking
A 7 page paper which identifies and introduces the issue, its causes, effects on society, and offers proposed solutions (including positives and negatives of each) through a discussion of trends and a consideration of statistical data. Bibliography...
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Drug Abuse In American Colleges And Universities: Effects On The User, Friends And Family
5 pages in length. Drugs do not have a place anywhere in society, however, they have even less of a place in academic environments. That the user's academic and athletic performance is severely impaired, along with the user's level of...
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The Negativities of Steroid Use Among High School Athletes
A 7 page overview of the many negative consequences of unsupervised steroid use. This paper documents the specific physiological dangers of this practice and suggests the problem confronting us as a society is to not only effectively communicate...
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Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Ethnicity
A 15 page paper which examines the drug and alcohol abuse problems of people whose ethnicity is not white. The paper also focuses strongly on the immigrant and how the drug and alcohol abuse problem is especially troubling for these individuals...
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Speedballing
This 5 page paper considers mixing cocaine and heroin and injecting the drugs simultaneously, a phenomenon known as speedballing. The origins of the trend and prevalence is examined as well as the dangers. The deadly procedure is what many famous...
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Drug Use and Treatment of Hispanic Immigrants
A 19 page paper discussing the influence of culture on addiction treatment. Much of the research into drug use among Hispanics of the past has identified Hispanics only by cultural identification, without giving a clear picture of those cultural...
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The Economics of the Legalization of Drugs
This 5 page paper takes a strong position on the legalization of drugs. The paper supports the view that drugs should be legalized and that doing so will prompt economic benefits for society. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Substance Abuse in Older Adults
A 17 page paper examining the problems of alcohol and drug abuse in adults over the age of 60. Though increasing numbers of aging baby boomers may usher in the occurrence of many more cases of abuse of illicit drugs, currently it is prescription...
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Drug Use and Treatment of Hispanic Immigrants
A 24 page paper discussing the influence of culture on addiction treatment. This paper includes a 5-page section on clinical implications not contained in the shorter paper of the same name. Much of the research into drug use among Hispanics of...
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Children of Alcoholics are more likely to become Alcoholics Themselves
This 7 page thesis paper begins by stating that children of alcoholics often to grow up to be alcoholics themselves. Proof is provided in terms of the genetic predisposition but much of the paper focuses on the family system. Systems theory is...
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A 5 page analysis of the book
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Substance Abuse and Ethnicity:
This 7 page paper discusses the issue of substance abuse while specifically addressing the issue of ethnicity. This paper highlights how counseling must be concerned with ethnicity in order for it to be effective. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Mock Assessment: Drug Addiction
10 pages in length. Justin is a seventeen-year-old adolescent who has been addicted to crack cocaine since age thirteen. The middle of three children, he does not participate in group activities being that he feels separated from the family core,...
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A Study of Women and Alcohol
A 13 page paper which examines the problem of alcohol abuse in women. The paper examines the theoretical approach of motivational interviewing as a treatment for women who abuse alcohol. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Drug Abuse in the Workplace (A Case Study)
This 8 page paper addresses several human resource issues by focusing on a hypothetical case study where an employee is found to have a substance abuse problem. The twist is that the individual works in a substance abuse clinic. Several issues are...
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