Regarding the population of interest, i.e. teens from divorced parents, I would think that one of the issues that had potential bias would be whether or not the parents themselves were substance abusers. In other words, if the teenagers came from a household where by the parents used alcohol or...

In speaking to several younger and older people about drugs and drug issues in general, I noticed a variety of interesting differences and similarities. To begin with, I fully expected that the fellow students I talked with would be very supportive of marijuana legalization. After all, young people traditionally are...

Smoking constitutes a serious public health problem and a leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. About one in five adults smoke, and on a daily basis and about 1,000 people under age 18 begin smoking in the U.S. Over 1,200 people die daily due to...

Nowadays, a lot of people suffer from breast cancer and try to seek for the ways on how to avoid further development of breast cancer and eventually, overcome such an illness. Needless, one of the most critical alternatives for treating breast cancer is a permanent usage of biological drugs that...

Often when dealing with social ills, such as mental illness, substance abuse, adolescence delinquency and impulsivity, it should be noted that there is a level of co-morbidity between these issues. The case presented clearly indicates that the youth in question, Michael, a seventeen year old male, has a number of...