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...

Both women and men use drugs, this fact is clear, however the way in which society and the criminal justice system deal with drug users is often vastly different depending on their gender. Women drug users are the victims of not only their habits but also the preconceptions and attitudes of the peo...

Unleashing a Weed of Mass Destruction on America While scanning through a newspaper, I came across a depressing article about a teenage girl who was found dead in her apartment because of a drug overdose. Also found in her dingy apartment was a baby girl. The article went on to say that she was...

Introduction The use of marijuana on college campuses is one of the most contentious issues facing the academic world today. Marijuana is widely used within American society, despite widespread anti-drug lobbies and prevention campaigns. The effects of marijuana have been said to include ...

The Ethics of Harm Reduction: Medical Conditions or Criminal Law Harm 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 dru...

LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS America has been plagued with drug problems for years, and in recent years it isn't proving to get much better. Society has been left to deal with the pain, fear, terror, and crime that the drug world has brought upon us. Many believe that America's problems with...

Drugs Drugs have always been a big part of our society. Many issues arise with whether or not some of them should be legalized for medication purposes or if they all should just be kept as illegal. Drugs are a very interesting topic to learn about and discuss. There is so many...

Many authors such as Francesca Robinson and Monique Berkhout, who co-wrote Madame Joy, use their work and artistic licences to write expository texts, encouraging a whole new perspective with which to consider the world around us. In their text, Madame Joy, Robinson and Berkhout review man's r...