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  1. Dissertations / Theses: 'Substance and drug abuse'

    Consult the top 50 dissertations / theses for your research on the topic 'Substance and drug abuse.'. Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago ...

  2. Exploring the Role of Social Workers in Substance Abuse Treatment

    2013). Substance abuse problems affect not only the individuals using it but also family members and the practitioners who are likely to work with them (Ian, Fiona, & Hugh, 2012). The abuse and misuse of alcohol and drugs have affected the lives of people, along with a lack of access to recovery programs to help treat the problems (National

  3. Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Among Youth in the United States

    Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2018 Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Among Youth in the United States Emmanuel Xavier Okoro Walden University ... Despite the trends showing a reduction in the use and abuse of drugs among American adolescents, the prevalence rates remain high ...

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    purchasing illicit drugs like heroin. In turn, the risks of opioid use are amplified when drugs are acquired illegally due to the lack of quality control and consumer information regarding the contents and purity of a substance acquired via underground markets (Miron and Zwiebel, 1995). 4

  5. (PDF) Substance Abuse: A Literature Review of the Implications and

    Substance or Drug abuse is a serious public health problem affecting usually adolescents and young adults. It affects both males and females and it is. the major source of crimes in youth and ...

  6. Adolescents and substance abuse: the effects of substance abuse on

    Substance abuse during adolescence. The use of substances by youth is described primarily as intermittent or intensive (binge) drinking and characterized by experimentation and expediency (Degenhardt et al., Citation 2016; Morojele & Ramsoomar, Citation 2016; Romo-Avilés et al., Citation 2016).Intermittent or intensive substance use is linked to the adolescent's need for activities that ...

  7. Determinants of Substance Abuse among Users with Mental Health Issues

    Patients who had education up to primary were 90% less likely to abuse. substance (OR = 0.9012, 95% CI = 0.4665 - 1.7488) compared to patients with no. formal education, Patient who had education up to secondary school level were 98%. less likely to abuse substance (OR = 0.9862, 95% CI = 0.5317 - 1.8290) while.

  8. PDF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG MALE ADOLESCENTS by IRENE PATIENCE MOHASOA

    adolescents tends to be a risk factor for drug abuse. In addition, substance abuse in Zeerust is one of the leading causes of HIV/AIDS. Most adolescents start using drugs as young as 12 years of age (Karen Lesly, 2008; Parrott, Morinan, Moss & Scholey, 2004). The problem of substance abuse usually starts with smoking

  9. PDF The Relationship Between Parental Substance Use Disorders and Child

    Thesis Advisor: Carole Gresenz, Ph.D. ABSTRACT Between 2009 and 2014, approximately 8.7 million children in the U.S. lived in homes where at ... National Surveys on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. While previous studies suggest that parental substance abuse affects child

  10. Opioid use and abuse in the United States

    on drugs. This thesis serves to explore the history and extent of opioids in the United States and to analyze salient catalysts responsible for creating an epidemic of abuse. While private and governmental coalitions have formed to develop successful interventions and treatments, they are drastically underfunded.

  11. A Program Evaluation of a Drug and Alcohol Family Treatment Program

    Doctoral Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, Capstones and Projects Spring 5-17-2018 A Program Evaluation of a Drug and Alcohol Family Treatment Program ... individuals over the age of 18 have had illicit drugs or alcohol dependence/abuse in the past year (SAMHSA, 2013). It is evident that individuals between the ages of 18-25 years have the ...

  12. PDF Dissertation Prevention of Substance Abuse in Juvenile Delinquents

    1996). As many as 80% of youth in trouble with the law are using alcohol and other drugs (Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 2004), and substance use disorders are among the most commonly diagnosed disorders within the juvenile justice system (Palermo, 2009). Juvenile

  13. PDF FINAL PHD DISSERTATION OF IRENE MOHASOA

    Substance abuse among adolescents continues to be a major problem worldwide and in South Africa in particular (Charkravarthy, Shah, & Lotfipour, 2013; Dada et al., 2016; Kalantarkousheh, Rasouli, Abolfathi, & Nouri, 2014; Setlalentoa, Ryke, & Strydom, 2015; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2017). Substance abuse and its distressful

  14. PDF UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations

    their drug consumption transitions from casual use to abuse and addiction. Importantly, how this transition to addiction occurs remains unknown, and understanding the processes involved in the formation and persistence of drug abuse is critical to our ability to prevent and develop treatments for addiction. 1.1 Drug Abuse and Addiction

  15. PDF Midlands State University

    A dissertation submitted in partial fullfilment of an honours degree in development studies ... According to Mudadigwa (2016), "the current upsurge in drug and alcohol abuse among youths is worrying with reports of several drug induced psychosis cases at the country's hospitals". One of the major concerns for the youth is that a

  16. Substance Use Disorders a Dissertation Submitted to The Faculty the

    of substance use are often profound and far-reaching. Impaired decisions and parenting skills may increase risk for child abuse and neglect. This dissertation sought to better understand how the quality of a mother's social resources and her substance use behaviors are influenced by her primary drug of choice (heroin, cocaine/crack, marijuana,

  17. The Causes and Effects of Substance Abuse in Communities: A Case Study

    Pertaining to the causes and effects of drug use by the youth, the study revealed that peer influence was the major cause and the fact that most people initiated drug abuse at a very early age. The study revealed far reaching factors propelling drug abuse, types of drugs commonly abused and the effects of alcohol abuse among the youth.

  18. Drug and Substance Abuse Problem by The Zimbabwean Youth: a

    Drug abuse has become a problem among youths in Zimbabwe, so dire is the situation that more than half of the youths' population, approximately 57% in Zimbabwe are involved in drug abuse. The ...

  19. Lived Experiences of Women Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment from

    women with (AIDS have drug-related issues (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2016). Additionally, adult female substance abuse treatment admissions between 1992 and 2007 increased from 27.4% to 32.5% (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2010). Women involved in illicit drug use made 300,000 visits per year to the emergency

  20. PDF A Study of the Causes and Effects of Drug and Substance Abuse Among

    Drug and Substance Abuse has been talked about worldwide and Kenya is part of that globe. Teachers, parents, church officials and other stakeholders have been at the forefront trying to find out the causes and ways of controlling it. Therefore, there is a need to curb this vice. ...

  21. PDF Causes and Consequences of Drug Abuse

    4.3 Background related to Drug Use by the Respondents 26 4.3.1 Sources of Drugs for the Respondents 26 4.3.2 Age at first use of Drugs 27 4.3.3 Frequency of Drug Use 29 4.3.4 Duration of Drug Use 29 CHAPTER FIVE: CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE 31 5.1 Influencing Factors of Drug Use 31 5.2 Familial Factors of Drug Use 32

  22. A General Review of Zimbabwe'S Response to Drug and Substance Abuse

    where, 45% of admitted patients in Zimbabwe's mental health instit utions in 2019 were youth. drug abusers (Rwafa et al., 2019). In 2018, 57% o f all admissions in mental health institutions. in ...

  23. PDF i THE IMPACT OF DRUG ABUSE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY

    THE IMPACT OF DRUG ABUSE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KISHAPU DISTRICT , TANZANIA ... The Open University of Tanzania a dissertation en titled: The Impact of Drug Abuse ... population aged between 15 to 16 years consumed drugs illegally . The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided a report ...

  24. POV: Decision to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug Is Long

    The Biden administration's recent decision to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug is a pivot away from federal moralizing, Seth Blumenthal writes. ... With cannabis a Schedule III substance, businesses will now be allowed to invest in the industry with tax relief and researchers will have an opportunity to investigate cannabis ...

  25. DOJ plans to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk drug

    Last fall, members of the FDA's Controlled Substance Staff wrote in the documents that the agency recommended rescheduling marijuana because it meets three criteria: a lower potential for abuse ...