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Análise do teor de cocaína em amostras apreendidas pela polícia utilizando-se a técnica de cromatografia liquida de alta eficiência com detector UV-Vis

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, Jacqueline Querino Alves, José Fernando de Andrade, Adelir Aparecida Saczk, Leonardo Luiz Okumura   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives initiative coinciding with reductions in unregulated street opioid use among young people who use drugs: An interrupted time series analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims In British Columbia, Canada, an initiative was implemented in 2020 to reduce overdose mortality by prescribing pharmaceutical opioids (primarily hydromorphone) as a substitute for the toxic unregulated drug supply. This study estimated changes in the level and trend of unregulated opioid use and non‐prescribed hydromorphone
Erica McAdam, Mohammad Karamouzian, Michael John Milloy, Carmen Verdicchio, Eric C. Sayre, Kanna Hayashi, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder

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, Kerr Thomas, Buxton Jane, DeBeck Kora, Montaner Julio, Wood Evan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinicians' and people who use drugs' perspectives on artificial intelligence in addiction medicine

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Artificial intelligence (AI) may improve addiction medicine workflows and health outcomes but raises questions about data privacy and unintended harms for people who use drugs (PWUD). This qualitative study aimed to understand the perspectives of clinicians and PWUD regarding perceived benefits and concerns about clinical ...
Patrick J. A. Kelly, Elizabeth Chen, Amelia Bailey, Katie Biello, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Josiah D. Rich, Jaclyn M. W. Hughto   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug use disorders among people convicted of large‐, moderate‐ and small‐scale drug supply crimes: A register‐based retrospective comparative study

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Heavy drug use has been associated with small‐scale drug crime, but the substance use histories of individuals involved in the manufacturing, smuggling and wholesaling of larger quantities of drugs [here referred to as serious drug crimes (SDC)] have been largely unexamined.
Julie Elizabeth Brummer, Freja Ilsing Magnussen, Morten Hesse, Thomas Friis Søgaard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Vallada Homero, Guindalini Camila, Laranjeira Ronaldo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cocaine and crack. [PDF]

BMJ, 1989
A R, Patel, J, Merrill, H N, Vidyasagar, A, Kahn   +3 more
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Unrecognized ???Crack??? Cocaine Abuse in Pregnancy

Survey of Anesthesiology, 1996
We report a case of "crack" cocaine abuse in a pregnant patient associated with haematuria, proteinuria, haemolytic anaemia, renal impairment, thrombocytopenia and pulmonary oedema. The case illustrates the problems for clinicians where unrecognized cocaine abuse interferes with the diagnosis and management of a complicated pregnancy.
D, Campbell, M J, Parr, L E, Shutt
openaire   +2 more sources

Clinical features of mental imagery in substance use disorders: A mixed‐methods analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims To characterise the frequency, features and content of craving‐related mental imagery among people seeking treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs); examine within‐session change in self‐reported craving following imagery elicitation; and explore perceived links with autobiographical memory, behavioural, cognitive and emotional ...
Gemma Scott, Tim Meynen, Francesca Small, Luke Mitcheson, Elizabeth Appiah‐Kusi, William Barber, Colette Hirsch, John Marsden   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between tuberculosis and cocaine on negative outcomes of tuberculosis treatment: a systematic review and metaanalysis

Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health burden, with substance abuse being a common comorbidity. Cocaine-derived drugs, particularly crack and cocaine hydrochloride, have been associated with poor TB treatment outcomes.
Franco Carpio, Dora Torres, Carolina Salguero, Renzo Lindo, Paulo Ruiz-Grosso   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source