Abstract
This paper considers a possible link between ADHD and substance abuse through a review of literature on this subject. The paper describes the incidence of drug abuse among adults, noting that there may be co-morbidity with ADHD. Various studies are cited to support this thesis. Next, the paper examines a potential relationship between psychiatric medication for childhood ADHD and later adult substance abuse. The studies presented here show differing results. The paper concludes by calling for more studies on the ADHD-substance abuse connection in order to better understand how these different elements come together.

From the Paper
"Treatment for individuals with both ADHD and substance abuse is one of the areas of main concern, especially since, as is known now, ADHD continues into adolescence, young adulthood and adulthood, when substance abuse has the greatest impact. According to Kolpe and Carlson (2007) from the Departments of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, although there are no epidemiologic studies on ADHD in adults, using studies from childhood and adolescent ADHD, it is estimated that somewhere between .3percent and 2 percent of adults as a whole may possibly have ADHD. These figures are very different when looking at the co-morbidity of substance abuse and ADHD. Studies report that 30 percent adult outpatients with ADHD have a substance abuse disorder, 34 percent have alcoholism, 15 to 35 percent in cocaine abusers and 24 percent in mixed use substance abuse users. However, say these authors (Kolpe & Carlson, 2007), the amount of studies on individuals with ADHD and substance abuse and treatment (e.g. methadone) are few. Due to this scarcity of studies, a review of methadone treatment records was conducted to determine the rate of current ADHD symptoms and its influence on treatment outcome."

Tags:drug abuse, psychiatric disorders, attention issues, learning disabilites

Abstract
Workplace violence, which is the second most common cause of death at work, often gets little or no attention. This paper first discusses the three groups that the Department of Justice has classified as workplace violence. It then looks at the cost to businesses, the warning signs of workplace violence, and ways of preventing it.

From the Paper
"In spite of the steady rise in workplace violence, including everything from robberies to raging employees to stalking and domestic violence by third parties, IOMA found that more than 20% of the companies they questioned had no formal policy, and almost 40% had no training programs, either for management or rank and file employees. Even more startling, about 10% didn't even have any system for tracking complaints when they occurred. A company cannot implement a thoughtful and effective workplace violence prevention policy and program if they are not even keeping track of the risk within their own walls."

Tags:OSHA, Disabilites, Act, employees

Abstract
The paper addresses the issue of diversity, the legal concerns and present observations about the Americans with Disabilities Act. The paper describes the challenges of managing a diversity issue in the workplace and the legislation pertaining to this, and compares the issue to other legal issues for similarities and differences.

From the Paper
"According to an article by Stewart J. Schwab, Steven L. Willborn, published in the William and Mary Law Review, the United States Congress found that the approximately million people with disabilities in the United States are unrepresented, often victims of intentional or unintentional discrimination, socially and economically segregated and unable to secure basic government services such as education, transportation, housing, vocational training and recreation. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines an individual with a disability as one who has a physical or mental impairment that limits..."

Tags:Americans with disabilites act, ada, federal law, PDA, discrimination, handicap, reasonable accomodation

Abstract
This paper describes several content learning and cognitive strategies for assisting English as a second language (ESL)students in special education classrooms in maximizing learning and achievement. The paper addresses linguistic concerns and discusses the U.S. multicultural population.

From the Paper
"English as a Second Language Students (ESL) are often challenged in the American public school system regardless of their specific classroom placement. Whether served in classrooms where most learning occurs in their native language, which, given the current population demographics of the United States, tends to be Spanish, or immersed in English-language classrooms, many ESL students face unique sociocultural, linguistic, academic and other challenges that are not fully addressed by the schools they attend. At issue herein is the identification..."

Tags:special education, English as a Second Language, ESL, bilingual programs, learning disabilites, linguistics

Abstract
This paper studies the rules and regulations presented to the people by the area of law that provides anti-discriminatory laws, thereby offering equal employment opportunities to all the people entering and wanting to be the part of the corporate world. The second part of the paper applies this knowledge and the information given in the first part of the paper to a problem or an issue faced in an organizational setting.

Outline
Part One: Equal Employment Opportunity and Anti-Discriminatory Laws
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
All About Religious Discrimination
All About Race-Color Discrimination
All About Pregnancy Discrimination
All About National Origin Discrimination
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)
Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
Employment Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians
The Civil Rights Act of 1991
The American With Disabilities Act
Part Two: Review of An Organizational Problem Based on Race/Color Employment Discrimination

From the Paper
"Law offers equal opportunity in employment to all the citizens worldwide with the aid of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This is done because the people of the world particularly those that constituted the under privileged lot felt a strong need to speak up their minds and raise their opinions against the discrimination that is prevalent in varied forms at different levels of the society. Thus in order to curb the problem of discrimination in the employment sector, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission abbreviated as EEOC came into existence under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and started functioning on July 2, 1965 (U.S. EEOC: An Overview, Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs, 1998). Thus, with the aid of the drafting and implementation of several anti-discriminatory laws, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides its citizens with the employment opportunity that strictly forbids discrimination at all grounds and on all basis and in any form."

Tags:race, pregnancy, age, disabilit, gays, lesbians