Sentences with phrase «victims of drug abuse»

While there are undoubtedly many victims of drug abuse in our society, it is ridiculous to evade personal responsibility the way Reese did and blame the drug.

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What I was doing (with others) was helping people in crisis, helping alcholics and drug addicts, victims of abuse, the poor, helping people to escape the occult, those spiritually oppressed and abused, broken marriages etc..

There is a lot of overlap between physical, emotional and sexual abuse, and victims consistently report that emotional abuse is the most unbearable form, making them vulnerable to drug use to manage emotional pain.

The Labour MP was the sole challenger to Vaz for the post in June 2015, when she stated: «My aim is fewer victims of crime, effective and fair immigration control, less drug abuse and an end to home grown terrorism.»

In addition to these familiar diseases, they also discuss how designer DNA drugs may help those suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease affecting individuals with a history of repeated head injury, including athletes, military personnel, and domestic abuse victims.

We fight for the rights of those who are the victims of personal injury, wrongful death, slip and fall, dog and other animal bites, car accidents, tractor trailer accidents, pedestrian injuries, medical malpractice claims, drug claims, healthcare injuries, nursing home abuse and neglect, Workmen's Compensation, Social Security disability, defective product / product liability, and consumer class action causes / consumer fraud.

When a person commits criminal sexual abuse with the use of a deadly weapon, while causing injury, while threatening the life of another person, or by giving the victim a drug or other controlled substance, the charge is increased to aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Their firm represents seriously injured victims of construction accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect and abuse, motor vehicle accidents, unsafe drugs and products, unsafe premises, environmental and toxic torts, and workplace accidents.

As noted by Justice Robert A. Graesser, the victims «were clearly vulnerable to abuse by reason of their occupation and their drug - addicted states» (at para 3).

Burton A. Padove represents and obtains damage compensation for injury victims of negligence caused by defective drugs, defective premises, nursing home abuse malpractice and those involved in truck and car accidents,.

Our attorneys are experienced trial lawyers for victims of personal injury or wrongful death: asbestos / mesothelioma, car and trucking accidents, dangerous drugs, product liability, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, punitive damages, consumer class actions and more.

The Act makes it clear that children exposed to an adult's involvement in serious drug activity, such as manufacturing and trafficking, are victims of abuse and need protection.

Dedicated and goal - oriented professional with in depth knowledge in carrying out pastoral care responsibilities with a strong commitment to serving the needs of individuals who are victims of alcohol and drug abuse.

His clinical experience has included the provision of services to street children engaged in drug trafficking and prostitution, victims of sexual abuse and violence, adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system, and adult federal probationers convicted for drug trafficking.

Effects of Coordinated Services for Drug - Abusing Women Who Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Bennett & O'Brien Violence Against Women, 13 (4), 2007 View Abstract Summarizes outcomes from a demonstration project on collaboration between substance abuse and domestic violence agencies.

My Child is dealing with (Select One) Adjustment Disorder Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Antisocial Personality Disorder Anxiety Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorder Behavioral Disorders Bipolar Disorder Borderline Intellectual Functioning Conduct Disorder Depressive Disorder Developmental Disability Enuresis / Encopresis Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) Gender Identity Disorder Impulse Control Disorder Intermittent Explosive Disorder Major Depression with Psychotic Features Mild Mental Retardation Mood Disorder Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Personality Disorders Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Psychotic Disorder Reactive Attachment Disorder Schizoaffective Disorder Schizophrenia Seizure Disorder Sexual Behavior - Problematic Sexually Reactive Victim of Abuse (Sexual, Physical, and / or Emotional) Youth Who Have Sexually Reactive Behaviors

For some female offenders, marriage is linked to increased drug use and crime.33 The marital relationships of female offenders may be typified by conflict and instability.34 Antisocial girls facing the transition to young adulthood have more general relationship problems than their male counterparts.35 In such relationships, women are often victims of abusive partners, but also often perpetrate abuse.

A Circle of Healing for Native Children Endangered by Drugs U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (2015) Highlights best practices and successful programs that help meet the needs of Tribal children, families, and communities healing from substance abuse related trauma.

Five were family dysfunction: a member of the household who is addicted to alcohol or other drugs; a household member who is in prison; a household member with a mental illness; a mother who is a victim of domestic abuse; and loss of a parent due to separation or divorce.

Not only is childhood physical aggression a precursor of the physical and mental health problems that will be visited on victims, but also aggressive children themselves are at higher risk of alcohol and drug abuse, accidents, violent crimes, depression, suicide attempts, spouse abuse, and neglectful and abusive parenting.

[12] A life stressor is defined as a serious illness; accident or disability; the death of a family member or close friend; mental illness; divorce or separation; inability to obtain work; involuntary loss of a job; alcohol or drug - related problems; witnessing violence; being the victim of abuse or violent crime; trouble with the police; gambling problems; incarceration of self or a family member; overcrowding; pressure to fulfil cultural responsibilities; and discrimination or racism, ibid., Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, op.cit., p79.

«Children who live with their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely not to be poor, less likely to use drugs, less likely to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, less likely to be victims of child abuse, and less likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live without their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.»

Other results show that children who live absent their biological fathers are more likely to be poor, to use drugs, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, to be victims of child abuse, and to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live with their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.

Other areas of clinical emphasis & interest include individuals, couples and families experiencing depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and unexpected crisis; families with communication problems, conflict, intimacy issues, parenting techniques, and divorce decisions; perpetrators & victims of family violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and victims of violent crimes as well as families or individuals experiencing drug and alcohol abuse.