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Detection of Drugs of Abuse by Raman Spectroscopy [PDF]

, 2011
Raman spectroscopy can provide rapid, sensitive, non-destructive analysis of a variety of drug types (e.g. amphetamines, alkaloids, designer drugs and date rape drugs). This review concentrates on developments in the past 15 years.
Ali, Ali, Ali, Angel, Anyu, Bell, Bell, Bell, Bell, Bell, Brewster, Campion, Carter, Clark, Day, Day, Edwards, Eliasson, Faulds, Frederick, Garrido, Hargreaves, Hargreaves, Harvey, Katainen, Leger, Littleford, Milhazes, Milhazes, Noonan, Noonan, Qu, Ryder, Ryder, Ryder, Sands, Schulz, Smith, Sägmüller, Thorley, Tsuchihashi, West, West, West, Weston, White   +45 more
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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 ...
Baggio, S., Daeppen, J.B., Gmel, G., Mohler-Kuo, M., Studer, J.   +4 more
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Prescription opioid injection and risk of hepatitis C in relation to traditional drugs of misuse in a prospective cohort of street youth [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: Despite dramatic increases in the misuse of prescription opioids, the extent to which their intravenous injection places drug users at risk of acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains unclear. We sought to compare risk of HCV acquisition from
DeBeck, Kora, Feng, Cindy, Hadland, Scott E, Kerr, Thomas, Montaner, Julio S, Wood, Evan   +5 more
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The rise of drug dealing in the life of the North American street gang [PDF]

, 2018
Historical gang literature traditionally perceived street gangs as boisterous outfits occasionally engaged in delinquency. In recent decades however, street gang behavior has come to be seen ever more as encroaching upon criminality, primarily due to its
Alexander, Anderson, Andreas, Anslinger, Bauman, Bennett, Bourgois, Bowden, Boyum, Carpenter, Castells, Cockburn, Curry, Curry, Curtis, Decker, Densley, Dilulio, Fleisher, Gootenberg, Gootenberg, Gunter, Harding, Hogan, Howell, Inglis, Jacobs, Johnson, Kappeler, Kenney, Kleiman, Klein, Klein, Leovy, Matza, McPhee, Mullins, Nixon, Padilla, Pitts, Pyrooz, Roger, Roldán, Ross, Shaw, Short, Skolnick, Streatfeild, Sullivan, Sutherland, Sánchez-Jankowski, Taylor, Thrasher, Wacquant, Wilson   +54 more
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The prevalence of substance use among adolescents and its correlation with social and demographic factors [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014
Backround/Aim. Adolescence is the period of greatest risk of starting to use substances: cigarette smoking, alcohol and illicit drugs. In the first decade of this millennium substance use among adolescents has increased.
Rakić Dušica B., Rakić Branislava, Milošević Zoran, Nedeljković Ivan   +3 more
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Illicit drug use in seven Latin American countries: critical perspectives of families and familiars El uso de drogas ilícitas en siete países latinoamericanos: una perspectiva crítica de familiares y personas cercanas Uso de drogas ilícitas em sete países da América Latina: perspectivas críticas de familiares e pessoas próximas

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2009
This cross-sectional multi-centre study explored how family members and friends of illicit drug users perceived protective and risk factors, treatment facilities and policies and laws regarding illicit drug use. Family members and friends of illicit drug
Jaqueline da Silva, Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura, Octavio Muniz da Costa Vargens, Cristina Maria Douat Loyola, Daniel Gonzalo Eslava Albarracín, Jorge Diaz, Gladys Magdalena Rodríguez Funes, Mabell Granados Hernández, Ruth Magdalena Gallegos Torres, Ruth Jakeline Oviedo Rodriguez   +9 more
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Volatile substance misuse among high school students in South America [PDF]

, 2011
This article summarizes data from a 2004 study of over 300,000 high school students (aged 13–18 years) in nine South American countries. A probabilistic sample targeted urban secondary schools, utilizing a self-administered questionnaire on prevalence ...
Delva, Jorge, Hynes-Dowell, Marya, Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro, Taunhauser Barros, Helena Maria   +3 more
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The Influence of Health Education with Social Support Methods on Knowledge and Attitudes in Preventing Drug Abuse in Street Children Communities in Taman Bungkul Surabaya

Magna Medika, 2021
Background: Street children are at risk when they are on the streets, such as using drugs, free sex, using tattoos, piercing, and being infected with HIV.
Nur Hidayahtul Dewi, Reliani Reliani, Fathiya Luthfil Y, Isnaini Isnaini   +3 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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1,4 Butanediol (BD) intoxication: report of the first case in Brazil [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2006
The authors present the case of a patient in coma in an emergencyroom, with special hemodynamic, respiratory and neurologicalcharacteristics due to acute intoxication with 1,4 butanediol; thearticle includes a literature review.
Celio Levyman, Luiz Ricardo de Amaral Salles, Alexandre Otoni Kaup, João Roberto de Sá   +3 more
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