Adolescents as a Special Population: Addiction & Development
Title: Adolescents as a Special Population: Addiction & Development
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1309 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Adolescents as a Special Population: Addiction & Development
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1309 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Adolescence represents a sensitive stage of development posing a high risk for contacting dangerous addictive behaviors. Drugs and alcohol abuse present as the single most serious problem within this population, making them vulnerable for serious delinquent behavior. Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in today's high schools. Interestingly, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are not only adult problems -- they also affect a significant number of adolescents and young adults between the ages …showed first 75 words of 1309 total…
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