The concern of this research is that the welfare system is frequently abused and more specifically abused by individuals with drug abuse problems. According to research presented in Drug Use Among Welfare Recipients in the United States “Drug Use is 5 . . .

Proposition 36 (2000 General Election) was passed by California voters on November 7, 2000. The proposition is also known as the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (SACPA). The significance of the Act is to save the tax payer’s dollars b . . .

Adolescent children of parents affected by substance abuse are at a higher risk of developing their own substance abuse, than those children who grow up in a home free of substances. In addition to the substance abuse, many of the children with substa . . .

Drug addiction and alcoholism represent a major health problem in the US. Veterans in particular have high rates of substance abuse and the VA healthcare system incurs a large portion of the expense. Chemical dependency is associated with malnutrition . . .

Prescription medication abuse has been on the rise in recent years. Keuhn (2006) found that although illicit drug abuse has decreased, prescription medication misuse has increased in adolescents and emerging adults and the CDC (2013) has found an incr . . .

The population of individuals in recovery from substance abuse frequently confronts a number of challenges and issues in their career development process. These issues can include: low self-efficacy, negative outcome expectations, significant transiti . . .

The prevalence of substance abuse-related disorders is alarmingly high among adolescents and adults in the United States. Some of these individuals seek alcohol and drug treatment voluntarily as a result of personal, family, and relational problems. M . . .

The purpose of this research examined the interventions and staff attributes perceived to be most helpful to clients enrolled in rural residential substance abuse treatment, to gain an understanding of the types of barriers that inhibit treatment succ . . .

Limited documentation exists about the therapeutic effects of gardening for Native Americans. Native American individuals who utilized services at local Inter-Tribal Health Center participated in a horticulture group which has been in place since Apri . . .