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Crack cocaine use and its relationship with violence and HIV
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate crack cocaine use practices, risk behaviors associated with HIV infection among drug users, and their involvement with violence. INTRODUCTION: HIV infections are frequent among drug users due to risky sexual behavior.
Heraclito Barbosa de Carvalho +1 more
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Background: Non-invasive brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated as additional therapeutic tool for drug use disorder.
Jaisa Klauss +7 more
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Chronic stress is a global issue with detrimental effects on health and productivity, often leading individuals to adopt health‐related coping strategies. This study uses an adapted Job Demands–Resources model to examine how various job demands and resources impact perceived stress and, consequently, the use of legal, prescription, and illegal drugs ...
Sebastian Sattler +3 more
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Este estudo buscou avaliar a utilização da Intervenção Breve Motivacional (IBM) em um serviço de aconselhamento telefônico, oferecida aos jovens no processo de cessação do consumo de crack. Foi realizado um estudo descritivo, a partir do levantamento dos
Nadia Krubskaya Bisch +6 more
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Creativity Under Pressure: A Case Study of Drug Cartel Innovation
ABSTRACT This article examines drug cartels as creative, innovation‐driven organizations rather than solely violent criminal enterprises. Building on creativity research applied to terrorist groups, we use a qualitative case study approach—drawing from news reports, official documents, open‐source materials, and academic work—to analyze 10 cases of ...
Isaac J. Moelter +3 more
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Cracking Up: Addiction to Crack Cocaine
Part dramatization, part documentary, this engrossing study of crack cocaine makes a powerful statement on the drug's highly addictive nature. The docudrama profiles "Daniel Preston," an upwardly mobile user of recreational drugs who gets high on crack ...
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Crack cocaine use in a rural county of England
Crack/cocaine use is an increasing problem in the UK. This study is the first to ascertain the magnitude of the crack/cocaine problem in a rural county of the UK and to determine users’ needs for treatment services. A questionnaire on drug dependence and
Harvey, Ian +9 more
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ABSTRACT Aim To examine associations between housing instability and intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure, adverse mental health, sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV incidence, and substance use among women across the U.S. and its territories. Design Cross‐sectional analysis of data from the American Women: Assessing Risk Epidemiologically
Claudia L. Michaels +7 more
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Introduction Over the past two decades, the study of chronic cocaine and crack cocaine exposure in the pediatric population has been focused on the potential adverse effects, especially in the prenatal period and early childhood.
Papaseit Esther +7 more
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