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Drugs And Alcohol In The Criminal Justice System

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The Treatment and Prevention of Drug Use and Abuse
Professor Gross
CJ: 411 Drugs and Alcohol in the Criminal Justice System
10/7/14
By Jimmy Ortega

Juveniles across the country have many issues in today’s society however; the issues that are at hand can be prevented if the parents or guardians have control over that certain juvenile. If that parent doesn’t have control of that teen there are certain places in which the parents can reach out to and get help dealing with the issues. But when it comes to parenting just because you don’t have control over that teen at that moment doesn’t mean you’re a bad parent because teens these days are dealing with issues such as high school popularity to even the issue of …show more content…

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