In this assignment, compare the age of consent laws for drug treatment in your state and four of the five states listed below: Alabama, California, Utah, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Then, review the following scenario:
Jomeka is 15 years old. She has been smoking marijuana since she was 12, but now her friends are pressuring her to try cocaine. She is frightened. She does not feel she can tell her mother, since her mother has no idea that she has been using marijuana for the past 3 years. One of her friends has been attending a drug and alcohol outpatient program. You are the director of that program.
Prepare an analysis that addresses the following:
Explain whether Jomeka could admit herself into the program. Include a response for each of the states listed above for a total of five results.
Determine which steps you might take to enroll her into the program, if she cannot enroll herself.
Discuss the ethics of allowing a 12-year-old child to enroll herself into a drug program without parental consent, which is allowed in some states. In your discussion, be sure that you review and cite the relevant literature on brain development and the mature minor exemption.
Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.
Length: 4-6 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.
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