http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/substance-abuse Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 09 May 2026 06:03:48 -0400 Sat, 09 May 2026 06:03:48 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1427/perpetuating-the-cycle-opioid-addiction-and-the-criminal-justice-system By Scot N. DuFour - Heroin use and the consequences that come from it are skyrocketing around the United States. From major metropolitan areas to rural towns, millions of people are in the throes of opiate addiction. The traditional response to the illegal use and possession of drugs, including opiates, in the United States is incarceration, but this response is wholly inadequate to address the issue of heroin addiction and may actually contribute to the problem by placing users in situations that promote opiate use. Several treatment options for opiate addiction have been found to be far more successful than traditional... Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:36 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1427/perpetuating-the-cycle-opioid-addiction-and-the-criminal-justice-system http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/895/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-to-curb-prescription-drug-abuse-examining-the-components-of-program-efficacy By Joshua J. Timmons - In the American healthcare system there have been few trends as persistent, yet avoidable, as the rise in prescription drug overdoses. Between 1999 and 2008 prescription overdoses quadrupled to nearly twenty thousand per year (Paulozzi, Jones, Mack, & Rudd, 2011). It is estimated that nearly six million Americans are abusing or misusing prescription drugs in any given year, and nonmedical prescription use remains one of the most common forms of illicit substance abuse among young adults, second only to cannabis use (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2012).... Mon, 05 May 2014 12:09 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/895/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-to-curb-prescription-drug-abuse-examining-the-components-of-program-efficacy http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/689/a-multi-state-analysis-of-correctional-boot-camp-outcomes-identifying-vocational-rehabilitation-as-a-complement-to-shock-incarceration By Joshua A. Jones - This paper evaluates the outcomes of various correctional boot camp and shock incarceration programs from three U.S. states. It examines the recidivism rates observed among graduates of these programs juxtaposed against their contemporaries who received other custodial and non-custodial sanctions. This paper further analyzes the overall efficacy of these initiatives and offers suggestions for the improvement of juvenile and adult correctional boot camp programs. Finally, it identifies employability as a contributing factor to criminal recidivism and proposes its applicability as a complementary... Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/689/a-multi-state-analysis-of-correctional-boot-camp-outcomes-identifying-vocational-rehabilitation-as-a-complement-to-shock-incarceration http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/77/the-methamphetamine-crisis-in-american-indian-and-native-alaskan-communities By Janet Glover-Kerkvliet - The prevalence of methamphetamine (ME) use among American Indians and Native Alaskans (AI/NAs) is strikingly high in comparison to other ethnic groups in the U.S. (Iritani, Dion Hallfors & Bauer, 2007). However, few datasets are available that allow for estimates to characterize the problem or describe the variation of the ME problem among tribes. Only recently has anecdotal information emerged about the spread of ME use and manufacture into tribal communities in newspapers, radio stories, wire services, agency reports, and on websites. Due to the lack of stable data and other unique problems... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:30 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/77/the-methamphetamine-crisis-in-american-indian-and-native-alaskan-communities