Due to some negative influence and an impaired value system, some teenagers get involved in delinquent behavior. Alcohol and Drugs First, and most common risk factor of adolescent development, is alcohol and drug abuse. ... Under certain circumstances, youngsters get involved in robberies and other offenses to civilians. ... Other Pertinent Issues of Adolescence On top of the already mentioned risk factors, there are still many more offenses adolescents may get involved in. ... There are many risk factors awaiting adolescents on their way to adulthood. ...

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A lot of genetic studies have found that there is a genetic risk for alcohol disorders which create negative personality factors. ... In the results discrepant heavy drinkers, were at a higher risk of divorce if either the man or the woman was a heavy drinker. While concordant heavy drinkers were at less risk of divorce. Both discrepant and concordant marijuana users, and discrepant and concordant tobacco smokers were at an increased risk of divorce. ... A reason for this might be if you are a discrepant drinker you most likely will drink apart from your partner, while if you are a concordant ...

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Cirrhosis is not curable, but can be involved with transplantation. ... Other complications include: digestive-system problems, ulcers, and if you are taking any pain killer medication and drinking alcohol you may be at risk for very serious liver damage. ... Alcohol's effects on genes may also alter proteins involved in signal transduction. ... In fact, scientists now believe that certain factors in a person's environment influence whether a person with a genetic risk for alcoholism ever develops the disease. A person's risk for developing alcoholism can increase base...

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The Therapeutic relationship may be different because patients may not enter treatment voluntarily, may be involved in criminal activities, may not enter treatment voluntarily, may be involved in criminal activities, may have negative attitudes about therapy, and may be unwilling to be honest about there drug usage. ... Control beliefs are practices in high-risk situations, such as being around friends who use drugs. ...

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Curiosity is another main cause of how people become involved with this bad habit. ... Long-term effects include an enhanced cancer risk, a decrease in testosterone levels and lower sperm counts for men, an increase in testosterone levels for women and increased risk of infertility, and a psychological dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same effect. ...

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No longer needing to be involved in criminal activity that is prevalent with the purchase and sale of illegal drugs, or being included in the possible spreading of deadly infection and disease. ... However the risk of use, which includes a possible addiction, and the plausibility of the suffrage that may come from methadone withdrawal are undeniable and do exist. ... Making the majority of methadone clinic treated patients still very dependant on the people directly involved in the addicts life. ...

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1.) Many people often view the terms drug abuse and drug addiction as being the same. However that is not the case. As put by the book, Psychology in Action, drug abuse generally refers to the consumption of a drug, which will harm an individual's mind and body. The use of the drug in this case i...

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This means if you are found in possession or found to be involved in supplying it you can be put in prison for a maximum of 14 years or an unlimited fine. ... However, some women may find that heavy Cannabis use can make their periods irregular, whilst Cannabis smoked with tobacco during pregnancy produces the same risks to the mother and child as smoking cigarettes In three major studies conducted in Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Greece, researchers have compared heavy long-term cannabis users with non-users and found no evidence of intellectual or neurological d...

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Addictive parents are more likely to be abusive, whether physical or psychological and at an increased risk to lose their children to foster care. ... Substance abusers who are already involved with some type of government assistance shouldn't be able to conceive children because they are more likely to destroy the lives of their children possibly before they get a chance to live at all. ... Children from households where one or both parents repeatedly abuse drugs are at an increased risk to be emotionally, sexually or physically abused than those who aren't. They are also at an inc...

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It is therefore logical to conclude that a shallow knowledge of the health risks is not enough to convince teenagers not to smoke. ... A simple way that I have become involved in anti-smoking organizations is through the internet. ...

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Children are twice as likely as adults to become involved in fatal drunk-driving car crashes. ... We as adults and parents should make our children aware of the risks they are taking with their health and with their lives. ...

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. A Schedule 1 drug, to law enforcement, is any illegal substance, which is used only for recreation. To some, this may seem to be a misnomer-cocaine is not even identified in this categ...

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Gutierrez, seventy three percent of children that are born defected, usually have one or both parents either presently or historically involved in drugs and/or alcohol. ... Referring back to a conversation with Diagnostician Kelly Burns, Sharing a needle to "shoot up" raises the risk of getting the Aids Virus by seventeen percent each time. ...

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Outline Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the dangers and risks of drugs. Central Idea: Drugs consume the lives of many adults, teenagers, young children, and babies. Drugs have been introduced into our lives in a number of ways, either by prescription by an accredited doctor,...

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Marijuana: The Illegal Herb The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. A Schedule 1 drug, to law enforcement, is any illegal substance, which is used only for recreation. To some, this may seem to be a misnomer-cocaine is not even identified in this categ...

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