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Behavioral risk profiles of homeschooled adolescents in the United States: a nationally representative examination of substance use related outcomes [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The homeschool population continues to grow in size and now accounts for 3.4% of all students in the United States. OBJECTIVE: Given the heterogeneous nature of the population, this study examines the relationship between different types of ...
Hodge, David R. +2 more
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The Chemical Record, EarlyView.This review highlights the characteristic odor markers of illicit drugs, emphasizing volatile markers from both natural and synthetic sources, and explores the shift from canine‐based detection to emerging noncontact sensing technologies. Illicit drug use remains a global concern, requiring effective detection methods to counter evolving concealment ...
Minwoo Kim +4 more
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The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are engineered to heighten reward and accelerate delivery of reinforcing ingredients, driving compulsive consumption and disrupting appetite regulation. This is a growing challenge for health policy. UPFs share key engineering strategies adopted from the tobacco industry, such as dose optimization and hedonic ...
ASHLEY N. GEARHARDT +2 more
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Translational Psychiatry, 2016 The striatum and thalamus are subcortical structures intimately involved in addiction. The morphology and microstructure of these have been studied in murine models of cocaine addiction (CA), showing an effect of drug use, but also chronological age in ...
E. Garza-Villarreal +11 more
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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira +2 more
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Next Big Thing? Methamphetamine in the United States [PDF]
, 2006 A new major study disproving the popular belief that there exists a growing methamphetamine "epidemic" within the United States.
Ryan S. King
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Sex differences in HIV effects on visual memory among substance-dependent individuals [PDF]
, 2016 HIV’s effects on episodic memory have not been compared systematically between male and female substance-dependent individuals. We administered the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test–Revised (BVMT–R) to 280 substance-dependent HIV+ and HIV– men and women ...
Gonzalez, Raul +5 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Social scientists have long been interested in understanding how age, period, and cohort effects shape long‐term homicide trends. Yet fundamental measurement challenges remain pervasive in estimating age‐specific homicide rates for birth cohorts.
Jason Robey, Matt Vogel
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“Crack” cocaine-induced bilateral amblyopia
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1993 Illicit use of cocaine has been associated with adverse vascular events involving most organ systems. A case report of a 30-year-old female with acute, bilateral loss of vision after smoking "crack" cocaine is presented. Other adverse ocular manifestations of cocaine use, and the differential diagnosis of toxin-induced blindness are presented.
R S, Hoffman, B I, Reimer
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Discourse around drug policy presents a stark contrast between policing and harm reduction models, sparking debates on the state's regulatory versus protective role. Canada is an ideal case to study drug policy models due to its global recognition as a leader in harm reduction alongside continued reliance on policing of drugs.
Taylor Domingos
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