Part one of term paper
With such staggering rates of drug abuse among the employed, I began to ask myself how prevalent drug abuse is among health professionals. Namely, those that are pharmacists, nurses, and doctors in all specialties. Most drug use that is publicized is about those in the inner city found to have two kilos of cocaine or such sensationalist sto ...

Part two of term paper
... Although the subject has been kept behind closed doors, more and more health professionals are publicly speaking about their struggle with addiction. This has heightened the general public’s awareness of a problem that does exist within the field. This realization has led the American Medical Association to take active and preventive measures toward drug use as well as state medical boards (Mansky, 1996). The American with Disabilities Act protects the drug impaired health professional throug ...