The War on Drugs: America’s Great Blunder Over one trillion dollars have been spent on the drug war since its inception during Richard Nixon’s presidency; one trillion dollars that the general populace has, in large part, had to pay out of its own pocket (“Wasted Tax…”). America’s spending on this war on drugs has gotten out of hand, and the taxpayers are seeing little in the way of results. In fact, the crime rate has only gone up in relation to drug offenses. This startling trend isn’t…
in our criminal society. Rehabilitation is often cited as the alternative to trying juvenile defendants as adults and sentencing them to prison. Incarceration often encourages criminal behavior. Thus, the convicted juvenile is likely to commit more crimes when he is eventually released. However, if the juvenile is…
In recent years, there has been a large increase in heroin use, especially in the Northeast/New England region of the United States. Heroin overdoses are a daily occurrence and have become the norm recently. Obviously heroin use and possession should not be legal, but there should be much more support for addicts. One reason that heroin use has increased is because prescription painkillers have become more popularly used and are easier to obtain without a prescription. Opioids and heroin have a…
Primary healthcare is the healthcare provision process carried on every day with the intention of maintaining and restoring the aspired health status in community. For most people in the world, primary healthcare is usually the first contact there have with health facilities and professions. It is also the most frequent means of healthcare provision that they are exposed to. Therefore, primary healthcare can be defined as the most available healthcare facilities in the community. The aim of…
Throughout the past few decades, drug courts have emerged as a viable policy option to treat the dramatic increase of drug offenders in the United States (Johnson, Hubbard, & Latessa, 2000). The high prevalence of drug use among offender populations and the increase in the proportion of drug offenders have been well documented (Lindquist, Krebs, & Lattimore, 2006). According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 48.4% of sentenced inmates in federal prison are serving time for drug offenses, as of…
highest standards of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. He worked tirelessly to develop and enhance the garrison and operational medical capabilities of the command. Additionally, the positive effect he has produced on the proficiency and effectiveness of the many Marines…
A significant number of offenders have been convicted of drug related offenses, many of which have entered the United States’ court system, jails, and prisons. Of these offenders many are suffering from drug related addictions (Journal of Experimental Criminology). Drug use and crime have continuously been of increasing concern. Drug abuse is becoming much more prevalent, as drugs are becoming more readily accessible. Research shows that incarceration of offenders charged with drug-related…
that attended these programs was correlated with an increase in harm reduction initiatives such as needle exchange programs (Iversen, Wand, Topp, Kaldor, & Maher, 2013). Furthermore, a systemic review solidified these results by comparing the effectiveness of multiple needle exchange programs and concluded that “significant public health benefits can be obtained even when at least 50% of the injecting population in a community receive at least 10 or more sterile syringes per year” (Abdul-Quader…
Fallon and McConnell (2007), state that line activities include performing the organization’s work while staff activities facilitate said work with a general focus in efficiency and effectiveness. The healthcare industry is no different and requires both types of employees to function at a highly effective and efficient rate. When looking at different line activities and staff activities one of the most important departments in a hospitals support network is Risk Management. According to…
The studies that conducted in the rehabilitation context of Korea found that a cognitive empathetic style of communication has a significant correlation with patient satisfaction and compliance (). The Parry (2009) study identified a timely explanation from the practitioners side is necessary…