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Legal and illegal drug use among female sex workers in bar and club prostitution in Belgium: a quantitative and qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: This study describes the amounts and effects of drug use in bar and club sex work, and the use of healthcare for the drug-related needs of sex workers (SW). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Belgium.
Decorte, Tom, Leuridan, Elke, Van Damme, Pierre, Van Hal, Guido, Van Nunen, Karolien   +4 more
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High temporal resolution monitoring of illicit drug consumption across England via wastewater analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To monitor community‐level consumption of 20 illicit drugs across urban areas of England using wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance at high temporal resolution. Design, setting, cases This study was conducted over a 12‐month period in 2022 sampling 24‐hour composite wastewater samples at 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs ...
Helena Rapp‐Wright, Keng Tiong Ng, Derryn Grant, William Francis, Margarita White, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Yuxing Liu, Konstantina Dimakopoulou, Sofia Zafeiratou, Dylan Wood, Chryshanthi Christy, Stav Friedman, Timothy W. Gant, Klea Katsouyanni, Leon P. Barron   +14 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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Correlation between blood and oral fluid psychoactive drug concentrations and cognitive impairment in driving under the influence of drugs [PDF]

, 2017
The effects of drugs on driving performance should be checked with drug concentration in the brain and at the same time with the evaluation of both the behavioural and neurophysiological effects. The best accessible indicator of this information is the
Busardò, Francesco Paolo, Faro, Alfredo Fabrizio Lo, Graziano, Silvia, Montana, Angelo, Pellegrini, Manuela, Pichini, Simona, Zaami, Simona   +6 more
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BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF INHALED CRACK COCAINE IN FEMALE WISTAR RATS [PDF]

, 2023
Milena de Barros Viana, Bárbara A. Rosário, Jéssica Alves Lemes, José De Andrade, Luciana Le Suer-Maluf, Daniel Araki Ribeiro   +5 more
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The association between sleep disturbance and stimulant use: A cross‐lagged examination

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Sleep disruptions increase the risk of substance misuse. Substance use—especially stimulants—can increase acute and chronic sleep dysfunction. This study aimed to estimate the associations between sleep disturbance and stimulant use over time among participants with stimulant use disorder (StUD).
Viviana E. Horigian, Renae D. Schmidt, Daniel J. Feaster, Rui Duan, Sophia T. Gonzalez, Kathryn Hefner, Dikla Shmueli‐Blumberg, Ashley Vena, Landhing M. Moran, Chloe A. DiCamillo, Shirin Shafazand, Susan Tross, Judith Feinberg   +12 more
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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, Keutmann, Michael K., Maki, Pauline M., Martin, Eileen M., Rubin, Leah H., Vassileva, Jasmin   +5 more
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Abdominal complications from crack cocaine [PDF]

Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2004
Not only is cocaine a powerfully addictive and dangerous drug of abuse, the use of the purified cocaine derivative crack has also reached epidemic proportions. Apart from causing fatal cardiorespiratory complications, crack cocaine is capable of producing surgical emergencies, which may or may not be associated with the pharmacology of cocaine itself ...
Chan, YC, ScottCoombes, DM, Camprodon, RAM, Kane, PA   +3 more
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Patient‐reported outcomes for monitoring substance use treatment: A systematic review of single‐item measures

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Measurement‐based care (MBC) is a structured approach using standardized, repeated assessments to monitor treatment progress and guide clinical decision‐making. MBC improves outcomes for substance use treatment but can be time consuming due in part to lengthy assessment tools. Single‐item, patient‐reported outcome measures (
Thomas J. Reese, Hilary A. Tindle, Justin Bachmann, Adam Wright, Jessica S. Ancker, Carolyn M. Audet, Mauli V. Shah, Bryan D. Steitz, Michael H. Levin, Kristopher A. Kast, David Marcovitz, Amanda von Horn, A. Taylor Kelley, John F. P. Bridges   +13 more
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Gender differences in patterns of drug use and sexual risky behaviour among crack cocaine users in Central Brazil

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background The aim of this study was to compare sociodemographic characteristics, patterns of drug use, and risky sexual behaviour among female and male users of crack cocaine.
Rafael Alves Guimarães, Vivianne de Oliveira Landgraf de Castro, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Andréa Cristina Stabile, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, Lyriane Apolinário Araujo, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Marcos André de Matos, Sheila Araujo Teles   +9 more
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