Education and equipment for people who smoke crack cocaine in Canada: progress and limits
Harm Reduction Journal, 2017 Background People who smoke crack cocaine experience a wide variety of health-related issues. However, public health programming designed for this population is limited, particularly in comparison with programming for people who inject drugs.
Carol Strike, Tara Marie Watson
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The Unfair Sentencing Act: Racial Disparities and Fiscal Consequences of America\u27s Drug Laws [PDF]
, 2014 In 1986, the United States government attempted to combat the perceived war on drugs by enacting mandatory drug laws, with a primary focus on incarcerating crack offenders.
Zimmerman, Kristin
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Eclética Química, 2018 The HPLC technique with UV-Vis detection was employed in the analysis of cocaine content in apprehended samples of cocaine and crack. A peak signal for cocaine was obtained in 3.5 minutes run by using acetonitrile/water (95:5v/v) as a mobile phase ...
Marcelo Firmino de Oliveira +4 more
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Crack/cocaine users show more family problems than other substance users
Clinics, 2014 OBJECTIVES:To evaluate family problems among crack/cocaine users compared with alcohol and other substance users.METHODS:A cross-sectional multi-center study selected 741 current adult substance users from outpatient and inpatient Brazilian specialized ...
Helena Ferreira Moura +3 more
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2011 Background The health risks of crack cocaine smoking in public settings have not been well described. We sought to identify factors associated with public crack smoking, and assess the potential for a supervised inhalation facility to reduce engagement ...
Qi Jiezhi +5 more
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Illicit drug use and cerebral microbleeds in stroke and transient ischemic attack patients [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) signal cerebral small vessel disease and are associated with ischemic stroke (IS) incidence, recurrence, and complications.
Abbas, Saleh +10 more
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2008 Presidential Candidates' Platforms on Criminal Justice [PDF]
, 2008 A guide to the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Platforms on Criminal Justice that provides information on a range of key criminal justice issues, including sentencing policy, reentry, death penalty, and felony ...
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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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Concurrent crack and powder cocaine users from Sao Paulo: Do they represent a different group?
BMC Public Health, 2006 Background Cocaine abuse is a serious and socially damaging illegal drug problem. Different routes of administration are associated with a specific progression of use, different degrees of abuse liability, propensity for dependence and treatment response.
Breen Gerome +3 more
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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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