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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1993
Primary care physicians should be aware of the popular street drugs being abused in their practice areas. A basic understanding of the drugs and their use will make the physician more credible in the eyes of the patient. Patients may present a variety of symptoms associated with their chemical abuse.
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Primary care physicians should be aware of the popular street drugs being abused in their practice areas. A basic understanding of the drugs and their use will make the physician more credible in the eyes of the patient. Patients may present a variety of symptoms associated with their chemical abuse.
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Seizures, illicit drugs, and ethanol
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2008Recreational substance users are at risk for seizures by indirect mechanisms, including cerebral trauma, central nervous system infection, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and metabolic derangements such as hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia, and renal failure.
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Adolescents and Illicit Drug Use
JAMA, 1998Across the country parents wonder, “How could it happen to our children?” Lifetime prevalence rates of adolescent drug use have been rising since 1992 3 (Figure), and the percentage of teens saying they would never try illegal drugs is decreasing: 86% in 1995, 51% in 1996, and 46% in 1997. 4,5 Adolescent substance abuse is an overwhelming public health
A B, Bruner, M, Fishman
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2014
Although illicit drug use has been documented across the world, the quality of these estimates is best in the developed countries of Europe, North America, and Australasia. Regular use, “problem drug use,” and drug dependence are less frequently measured but are important to quantify in order to identify disease burden.
Louisa Degenhardt +2 more
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Although illicit drug use has been documented across the world, the quality of these estimates is best in the developed countries of Europe, North America, and Australasia. Regular use, “problem drug use,” and drug dependence are less frequently measured but are important to quantify in order to identify disease burden.
Louisa Degenhardt +2 more
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Clinical Radiology, 2010
Illicit drug abuse is a continuing menace of epidemic proportions associated with serious medical and social problems. Drug abuse can have a wide variety of presentations some of which can be life-threatening. The clinical diagnosis can be challenging as the history is usually limited or absent.
N, Venkatanarasimha +4 more
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Illicit drug abuse is a continuing menace of epidemic proportions associated with serious medical and social problems. Drug abuse can have a wide variety of presentations some of which can be life-threatening. The clinical diagnosis can be challenging as the history is usually limited or absent.
N, Venkatanarasimha +4 more
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The Public and the War on Illicit Drugs
JAMA, 1998This article presents what Americans think about the policies subsumed under the label of the "War on Drugs." It is based on an analysis of 47 national surveys conducted between 1978 and 1997. The major results are that most Americans rely on the mass media for information about the scope of the drug abuse problem; Americans do not think that the Wars ...
R J, Blendon, J T, Young
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TEENAGERS, ILLICIT DRUGS AND PREGNANCY
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1973The use of certain hallucinatory drugs by a section of the population has posed the problem of the possible effects of these drugs on the course and outcome of pregnancy. The users of these drugs are almost without exception adolescents and young adults. Multiple drugs are used without a clear idea of either dosage or purity of the compound.
B J, Poland, L, Wogan, J, Calvin
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2023
This chapter reviews evidence on the relationship between illicit drug use and violence, specifically cannabis, stimulant drugs, and opioids. It summarizes findings of systematic reviews of evidence on cannabis, stimulant drugs, and opioids. It also examines evidence from epidemiological studies of drug use among violent offenders and of violence among
Daniel, StepjanoviĆ +2 more
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This chapter reviews evidence on the relationship between illicit drug use and violence, specifically cannabis, stimulant drugs, and opioids. It summarizes findings of systematic reviews of evidence on cannabis, stimulant drugs, and opioids. It also examines evidence from epidemiological studies of drug use among violent offenders and of violence among
Daniel, StepjanoviĆ +2 more
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Allergy to illicit drugs and narcotics
Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2014SummaryDespite their frequent use, allergy to illicit drugs and narcotics is rarely reported in literature. We present a review of the different classes of drugs of abuse that might be involved in allergies: central nervous system (CNS) depressants (such as cannabis, opioids and kava), CNS stimulants (cocaine, amphetamines, khat and ephedra) and ...
Swerts, S. +8 more
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