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Physical attractiveness, drug taking and gender differences

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the relationship between adolescent physical attractiveness and drug‐taking behaviour, emphasizing the human capital and “pretty girl” effects on the decision to use drugs. Through the human capital effect, physically attractive adolescents are better positioned to accumulate human capital at a young age compared to ...
Andy Chung, Junsen Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Drug and Polydrug Detection in Drivers Suspected of Driving Under the Influence of an Intoxicant in Ireland 2019-2020: A Latent Class Analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesDrug Alcohol Rev
ABSTRACT Introduction Driving under the influence of drugs is a major risk factor for road traffic collisions. While increasing harms are observed in relation to polydrug use, evidence is needed about this issue in the context of road safety. We examined polydrug use patterns in drivers providing samples for toxicological analysis in Ireland between ...
Durand L   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Spartan Daily, April 20, 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Volume 146, Issue 32https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartan_daily_2016/1030/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +5 more sources

Making Accurate Judgements in Child Welfare: Comparing ChatGPT With Qualified Social Workers

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares the judgemental accuracy of child and family social workers (n = 581) with ChatGPT, a generative AI model. Using 12 anonymized referrals, participants were asked predictive questions to evaluate accuracy through Brier scores. ChatGPT outperformed the average social worker on 11 of the 12 referrals, though the difference was
David Wilkins, Verity Benett
wiley   +1 more source

Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin: A grounded theory of detoxification-seeking

open access: yesGrounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2011
Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their concern
Marie Claire Van Hout, BSc.,MSc., PhD.   +1 more
doaj  

Looking at a Blind Spot: Using a Longitudinal Population Cohort Study to Examine Inequalities in Child Social Worker Contact Among Mothers Experiencing Domestic Abuse in Scotland

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on inequalities in children's services in the UK highlights a lack of systematic data on parental demographics, obstructing analysis of structural factors influencing children's outcomes. Using Growing Up in Scotland, a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study of children born in 2004–2005, we investigate social ...
Valeria Skafida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of the Transition from Non-Injection to Injection in Heroin Users

open access: yesپزشکی بالینی ابن سینا, 2010
Introduction & Objectives: The goal of our study was to elucidate the time and factors influencing the transition from non-injection to injection among male heroin users.
Mosaieb Yarmohammadi Vasel   +1 more
doaj  

Neuroinflammatory history results in overlapping transcriptional signatures with heroin exposure in the nucleus accumbens and alters responsiveness to heroin in male rats

open access: yesTranslational Psychiatry
Recent progress in psychiatric research has highlighted neuroinflammation in the pathophysiology of opioid use disorder (OUD), suggesting that heightened immune responses in the brain may exacerbate opioid-related mechanisms.
Gabriele Floris   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implicit Bias in the Criminal Justice System: An Economic Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This project seeks to investigate implicit racial bias in the prosecution section of the criminal justice system and calculate its potential economic consequences.
Duseau, Brianna
core   +1 more source

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