Addiction, 2019 Aims To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health‐care utilization among people who use illicit drugs. Design Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsychINFO for observational studies reporting health‐care utilization published ...
D. Lewer +11 more
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Fear of COVID-19 and illicit drug use during COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a case-control study [PDF]
PeerJBackground Some people use illicit drugs to relieve stress. However, these drugs cause serious damage not only to individuals but also to society as a whole.
Katsuya Nitta +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Background and Aims: Several studies have pointed to relatively high levels of illicit drug use among students in higher education compared to the general population.
Ove Heradstveit +12 more
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Prevalence of psychoactive substances in Dutch and Belgian traffic [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of psychoactive substances in general traffic in The Netherlands and Belgium. Method: Randomly selected car drivers and drivers of small vans in six police regions in The Netherlands and ...
Brookhuis, Karel +5 more
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Trajectories of drug use among French young people : prototypical stages of involvement in illicit drug use [PDF]
, 2016 Aims: This study investigated patterns and trajectories of substance use, with a special focus on illicit drugs other than cannabis. It examined both patterns and trajectories of use among a general population-based sample. Methods: We used data from the
Baggio, S. +4 more
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Psychostimulant-related health service demand in an inner-city hospital, 2012–2015
Public Health Research & Practice, 2018 Objective: To analyse routinely collected data from a hospital database of drug health consultation-liaison (CL) assessments. We aimed to investigate changes in psychostimulant-related health service demand in an inner-city hospital to inform the ...
Alon Faingold +4 more
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A novel colorimetric biosensor based on non-aggregated Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles for methamphetamine and cocaine detection [PDF]
, 2017 We report a novel colorimetric biosensor based on non-aggregation Au@Ag core-shell nanoparticles to detect methamphetamine and cocaine. The biosensor consisted of a reporter probe (RP) that is a specific single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) sequence coated on Au ...
Hu, Jiming +5 more
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The entities providing administrative combating illicit trafficking of synthetic drugs
Теорія і практика правознавства, 2016 The article deals with the powers of the entities providing administrative tools to combat illicit trafficking of synthetic drugs and psychotropic substances.
Б. А. Підгорний
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The Layout of the Statistical Forecasts Regarding the Fight Against of the Chaos’s Vectors from the Space Geometry of the Illegal Drugs [PDF]
Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics, 2023 The people’s life is actually in jeopardy due to the illicit drugs, because these influence variously the brain functions, heart or other organs. The persons who take illicit drugs can fall ill them mental state and thus they can manifest a whole range ...
Gabriela OPAIT
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Non-medical prescription drug and illicit street drug use among young Swiss men and associated mental health issues. [PDF]
, 2014 Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is increasing among the general population, particularly among teenagers and young adults. Although prescription drugs are considered safer than illicit street drugs, NMUPD can lead to detrimental ...
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