News tagged with illegal drug use
Young people driving epidemic of prescription drug abuse: Abuse of nonmedical analgesics up 40 percent
A new study by the University of Colorado Denver reveals that today's adolescents are abusing prescription pain medications like vicodin, valium and oxycontin at a rate 40 percent higher than previous generations.
Medications
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Commentary calls for awareness of Internet pharmacies' role in prescription drug abuse
Efforts to halt the growing abuse of prescription drugs must include addressing the availability of these drugs on the Internet and increasing physician awareness of the dangers posed by Internet pharmacies. In a commentary ...
Medications
Dec 19, 2011 |
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High childhood IQ linked to subsequent illicit drug use
A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Health
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Even a little pot use ups college dropout risk
(HealthDay)—College students who use marijuana and other illegal substances, even occasionally, are more likely to leave school than students who don't dabble in drugs, new research finds.
Health
Mar 22, 2013 |
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Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors among low-income adults
Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors in low-income adults – not the other way around, according to a new study¹ by Dr. Jennifer Walsh and colleagues from the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Binge drinking drops, drug use levels off in Europe: report
European teens cut back on binge drinking and showed no increase in illegal drug use in recent years, while cigarettes remained as popular as in 2007, an EU agency said Thursday.
Addiction
May 31, 2012 |
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200 million use illegal drugs: Lancet estimate
About 200 million people around the world use illicit drugs, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet.
Health
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Illegal drug users more likely to use new synthetic drugs and pharmaceuticals
(Medical Xpress)—Methamphetamine users' use of synthetic cannabis products (such as Kronic) increased from ten per cent in 2010 to 41 per cent in 2011 an annual report on illegal drug use shows. Many of these synthetic ...
Addiction
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Older age and free school meals are associated with increased likelihood of substance use
Alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use among young people is a public health concern in the UK. The short and long term risks to health are well known and range from accidental injuries, violence, sexual ill-health and increased ...
Health
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Cocaine users have 45 percent increased risk of glaucoma
A study of the 5.3 million men and women seen in Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in a one-year period found that use of cocaine is predictive of open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Taking drugs still acceptable as we get older
(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-term study has found that as we progress into our thirties illegal drug use is, with some caveats, still acceptable to many of us.
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Apr 07, 2011 |
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