Counseling the Addicted Teen
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8 pages in length. Discusses addiction, counseling, treatment, and various pertinent programs available to assist adolescents involved with the use of drugs & alcohol. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Drugteen.wps

Crack Babies
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the problem of crack babies and pays attention to costs and health problems that these children have. Detailed information is provided on just what cocaine or crack does to a woman's body and to the fetus. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA232crk.rtf

Crack Cocaine: Infiltration Into Our Schools
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A 5 page discussion of the increasing use of crack cocaine among our nation's youth. Notes that even schools are not immune to this use. Suggest that the failure of our programs to dissuade drug use rests in the popular perception that drugs are "cool". Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPdrugSc.wps

Critique of Client Presented with Multiple Substance Abuse, Physical and Mental Health Problems
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This is a 5 page paper giving a critique of a client who was assessed with multiple substance abuse, physical and mental health problems. A client was presented to the counseling team who was assessed to have multiple substance abuse, physical and mental health problems. The female client is 25 years of age, of Hispanic origin, homeless and currently unemployed. Assessment of the client found that she is HIV positive, bipolar, has a sexual addiction and also abuses cocaine and alcohol. The client was uncooperative during initial assessment with the counselor. In a critique of the client, it must be determined the possible causes of her afflictions and to what end the counseling team can offer assistance through an education of her symptoms. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJclienC1.rtf

Current Drug Trends in America - 1980 to the Present
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This 10 page report discusses the illegal drug trends that have taken place in the United States over the past two decades. Drugs have made a tremendous impact on American society over the past thirty to forty years, yet many Americans are often ambivalent regarding their opinions relating to drugs in terms of decriminalization, availability, impact on society, and mental and physical health impacts. In 1979, some 25 million Americans had tried drugs sometime in the preceding month. Today that figure is 11 million. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWdrgUS.wps

D.A.R.E.: An Overview
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A 14 page paper which provides a general overview of the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAdare.rtf

David Simon and Edward Burns “The Corner” Implications to Social Work and Policy
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A 5 page review of this inside look at the desperation of the inner city drug culture of West Baltimore. The author of this paper contends that this book is much more than an expose’ on sex, drugs and rock and roll. It is a window into a community in need, a community in which the drug culture of the inner city infiltrates other aspects of the city such as unemployment, housing and health care issues. It is, in fact, a testament to the desperation facing many urban neighborhoods throughout the United States. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPcorner.rtf

Decriminalization of Drugs
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A 6 page paper which examines how America seems to be losing its “war” on drugs, as prisons have become overpopulated with drug users instead of drug lords, while families and innocent victims are often caught in the crossfire. Specifically considered is how rehabilitative treatment, rather than imprisonment for the drug user, might be a more successful way of fighting the war on drugs. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TGdrgwar.rtf

Depression: Behavioral Manifestations and Causes Among Teenagers
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A 6 page discussion of the causes and impacts of depression among teenagers. The author of this paper discusses both the environmental and biological causes of depression, noting that each cause can manifest itself differently according to the individual and the circumstances. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPadDepr.rtf

Designer Drugs
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A 20 page paper. This is a comprehensive look at specific drugs, some are the standbys like cocaine and marijuana, others are the more recent designer drugs, like Ecstasy and roofies. Each of the drugs included in this paper is fully described: content, origin, how taken, effect of short-term and chronic use. The incidence of use of each is then discussed, with data as recent as 1999. The writer also reports on the typical user for each drug. Some statistics regarding emergency room visits as a result of some of the drugs are also included. A brief discussion of clandestine labs is provided. Finally, the writer concludes with some strong statements about decreasing the rate of abuse. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: PGdesdrg.wps

Diethyl Ether
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This 5 page paper considers this drug as a member of the oxygen-containing functional groups. The writer places this drug in to context of its functional group, then considers how it has been used as an anaesthetic and the drugs' historical development. After this the writer looks at its' chemical formula and give a comprehensive outline of its' physical properties. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEether1.rtf

Do the Crime -- Pay the Time: An Argument Against the Legalization of Drugs
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This 5 page report supports the criminalization of illegal drugs usage by showing creative programs that do work across the United States, rather than re-structuring the laws that govern the use of illegal substances. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWcrimdg.wps