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This paper examines some of the various aspects of adolescence, including substance use and abuse, sexual behaviors, alienation, and body image, from the viewpoint of four predominant adolescent developmental theories. These theories are the “biological, the cognitive, the psychosexual and the social approaches” (Dolgin, 2011, p. 27). Issues of Adolescence and Predominant Psychological Theories Bernstein, et al., succinctly state in their text Psychology, that “the biological approach to…

The Canadian opioid epidemic will continue to rise along with the number of overdose deaths, until the Canadian government issues more overdose prevention services in places like shelters and increases access to safe supply programs and treatments. The opioid crisis is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse and overdose deaths of the class of drugs called opiates or opioids. A majority of the victims are those in poverty, and the majority occurring in British Columbia and Alberta in…

I Don’t Know What It’s Like To Be Pain Free I interviewed Jerry, my father-in-law, a 50 year old, Caucasian male, in his home in Bonnerdale, Arkansas, on Sunday, November 6, 2016. He is in a committed relationship with his first wife, Connie, and has four children and two grandchildren. He is a homeowner, a Christian, and is self-employed. Jerry is comfortable answering my questions and he responds well to them, although he is clearly tired. Jerry was the electric maintenance supervisor for…

that these individuals of this time were forced to do. It is actually just starting to gain popularity in the West, so much that the DEA attempted to propose a ban on the substance at the end of the month of September 2016. One may use kratom as a methadone substitute to help one ween off serious opiates. It also has very powerful anastalgic properties, which make it a great alternative to pharmaceutical pain medication, which has high abuse potential. I learned that Kratom is currently being…

Introduction What is a community? A community is a group of people that inhibit the same area or neighborhood; they are a group of people bond by social, religious, cultural, race, economic, ethnic and professional ties. Examples of that would be the church community, African American community, educational community, homeless community, homosexual community, business community, medical community, and the elderly community. This paper will highlight the workings of the organization Women…