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Crack cocaine use and its relationship with violence and HIV

open access: yesClinics, 2009
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
doaj   +1 more source

A CRACK LUNG WITH CRACK COCAINE [PDF]

open access: yesChest, 2021
FELIX WIREKO   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Lack of Effects of Extended Sessions of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Over Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex on Craving and Relapses in Crack-Cocaine Users

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Using an Adapted Job Demands–Resources Model to Examine the Use of Legal, Prescription, and Illegal Drugs for Cognitive Enhancement in the Working Population in Germany

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Aconselhamento telefônico para jovens usuários de crack Consejería telefónica para los jóvenes usuarios de crack Telephone counseling for young user of crack cocaine

open access: yesRevista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2011
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
doaj   +1 more source

Creativity Under Pressure: A Case Study of Drug Cartel Innovation

open access: yesThe Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 4, December 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Cracking Up: Addiction to Crack Cocaine

open access: yes, 2013
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

open access: yes, 2006
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
core   +1 more source

Exploring the Impacts of Housing Instability on Intimate Partner Violence, Adverse Health and Risk Behaviours Among Women

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 12, Page 10366-10378, December 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Hair analysis following chronic smoked-drugs-of-abuse exposure in adults and their toddler: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
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
doaj   +1 more source

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