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Illicit drugs use in South African female correctional centres
Cogent Social SciencesThe number of male prisoners is several times that of female prisoners worldwide, yet paradoxically, women illicit drug users outnumber men. Even though the use of illicit drugs is prohibited within prisons, the substances continue to permeate prisons ...
Caroline Agboola, Simon Kang’ethe
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Adulterations within illicit drugs: Forensic Prospection [PDF]
Records of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical SciencesAddiction is a complex and global problem. Its profound impacts don’t include the addicts only, but also family, and whole society such as homelessness, unemployment, relational conflicts, and psychiatric comorbidity.
Mohamed Elgawish +3 more
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Mental health and risk behaviors among secondary school students: A study on ethnic minorities
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2021 Background: Mental health disorders are highly correlated with risk behaviors. The objective of the present study is to examine the relationship between risk behaviors and mental health among school-going students with a focus on ethnic minorities ...
Yong Kang Cheah +3 more
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs among adolescents from a Brazilian cohort. The occurrence of five ACEs, the use of alcohol and
Helen Gonçalves +8 more
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Socioeconomic Disparities and Self-reported Substance Abuse-related Problems [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2018 Background: It is not well understood whether the self-reported experience of substance abuse-related problems differs by socioeconomic status.Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis using the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on ...
Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Mian Hossain
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Pattern of substance use among schoolchildren in Palestine: a cross-sectional study
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018 Background Tobacco smoking, alcohol use, and illicit drug use are significant health, psychological, and social problems among youth in Palestine. The aim of this study was to provide insight into the extent and the pattern of psychoactive substance use ...
Basma R. Damiri +2 more
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HeliyonThis study aimed to measure the licit and illicit drug concentrations in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), their removal efficiency, and their consumption rate by wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) approach.
Anvar Asadi +4 more
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Non-contact identification and differentiation of illicit drugs using fluorescent films
Nature Communications, 2018 Sensitive and rapid identification of illicit drugs in a non-contact mode remains a challenge. Here, the authors report three film-based fluorescent sensors showing remarkable sensitivity, selectivity and response speed to six widely abused illicit drugs
Ke Liu +7 more
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Journal of EpidemiologyBackground: Administering premixed drugs in commodity packets was first reported in Asia in 2015, but there continues to be a dearth of related population-based data.
Shang-Chi Wu +12 more
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Perfil das Gestantes Usuárias de Álcool/Drogas e os Efeitos na Saúde e Desenvolvimento dos Filhos
Interação em Psicologia, 2016 The aim of the study was to review empirical studies about the prevalence of using alcohol and illicit drugs in pregnants, the profiles of them, and the effects of their using on the children’s health and development.
Kaynara Maria Chenini Motta +1 more
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