Sentences with phrase «use illicit drug use»

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Colleagues said it would be used for money laundering, drugs, and other illicit activities, he says — the same criticisms lobbed at Bitcoin when it debuted.

This is a far cry from the early days of the bitcoin craze, when the currency was largely linked with the now - shut down «Silk Road,» which was allegedly used to sell drugs and other illicit items.

Silk Road 2.0 provided an online bazaar where users across the world could buy and sell drugs, computer hacking tools and other illicit items, using the digital currency Bitcoin as payment, authorities said.

Drug dealers and traffickers using legitimate business dealings to obscure their illicit trade is nothing new.

The closure of Silk Road in October, the online marketplace that allegedly allowed more than a billion dollars of illegal drugs and illicit services to be bought using the virtual currency, is cited as another major driver.

By comparison, in states where the drug did become legal for medical use, the rate of illicit use went from 5.55 percent to 9.15 percent.

Over the years, a number of anonymous websites have sprung up to allow users to use bitcoins to purchase drugs and other illicit products.

The website was used by drug dealers to put illicit drugs into our communities and literally at our doorsteps nationwide,» said DEA Special Agent in Charge, Brian R. Crowell.

To combat the activities of Mexican, Central American, and South American transnational criminal organizations — including illicit finance and money laundering activities and the flow of illegal drugs — the FBI works side - by - side with its numerous domestic and international partners to infiltrate, disrupt, and dismantle these groups by targeting their leadership and using sensitive investigative and intelligence techniques in long - term, proactive investigations.

In explaining the rationale of greater enforcement of federal marijuana laws, Spicer cited growing problems with other illicit drug use.

The Senate hearings, thus, will come as people are able to obtain drugs, guns and other illicit goods using bitcoins.

To him, anonymity clearly means that it can be used even more conveniently for funding terror activities and other illicit trades such as drugs and weapons.

Between 1992 and 1995, the proportion of eighth graders using illicit drugs almost doubled; among tenth graders it jumped by nearly two - thirds; among seniors it escalated by nearly half.

Well over 419,000 Americans die each year from causes attributable to smoking, and tobacco is responsible for more deaths in the United States than alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, violence, automobile crashes and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) combined!

Demons are drawn to humans who are involved in violence, illicit s / ex, and who use drugs.

They don't drink, smoke, or use illicit drugs.

Ted Haggard spoke publicly for the first time about his fall from grace two years ago when he was caught in a double - life of illicit sex and drug use.

The author also treats the drug curse, and the criminal behavior and resultant social turbulence that accompany illicit drug use.

And it is possible that, whether or not Smith used illicit performance - enhancing drugs, some of her Olympic opponents did.

The old - school wrestler detested the direction of theatrical wrestling in the late - 1980s, but moreover he held huge disdain for a culture of steroid and illicit drug use that he saw perverting the sport.

• For white adolescent males in America, non-resident father involvement was found to buffer the negative effects of living in a lone - mother family on delinquency, heavy drinking and illicit drug use (Thomas et al, 1996).

Although the risks are obviously higher when you're pregnant, breastfeeding poses similar risks of illicit drug use for nursing moms and their babies as well.

They can also help you figure out the best approach to talk to your teen about the possibility of illicit drug use.

The University of Michigan Composite International Diagnostic Interview (UM - CIDI), a revised version of the CIDI, 23 was used to measure the prevalence of the following 4 psychiatric disorders, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised: 24 anxiety disorder (including one or more of social phobia, simple phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder); major depressive disorder; alcohol abuse or dependence; and externalizing problems that included one or more of illicit drug abuse or dependence and antisocial behaviour.

Use of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs during breastfeeding.

According to the National Institutes of Health, in 2012 statistics showed that just under 6 percent of pregnant US women use illicit drugs during pregnancy, nearly 9 percent drink alcohol and nearly 1...

Pregnant women should also avoid any use of alcohol and illicit drugs during pregnancy.

Bartu, A., Sharp, J., Ludlow, J. & Doherty, D. «Postnatal Home Visiting for Illicit Drug - Using Mothers and Their Infants: A Randomised Controlled Trial.»

Pregnant women who smoke or use any type of illicit drug also place their baby at risk of dying from SIDS.

(Many women were not enrolled because of illicit drug use; those in whom drug use became apparent after enrollment had misled health care professionals regarding their drug use, which only became apparent through clinical symptoms afterward.)

In a multivariate analysis controlling for maternal age, lone parent status, income quintile, parity or use of any substances (illicit drugs, alcohol or tobacco), women who intended to have home births were significantly less likely to be exposed to induction or augmentation of labour, epidural analgesia, episiotomy or cesarean section (Table 3).

Clients in the home birth group were more likely to report the use of tobacco during pregnancy than the midwife comparison group and were more likely to report the use of illicit drugs during pregnancy than the physician comparison group.

Avoid alcohol and illicit drug use during pregnancy and after birth.

Using illicit drugs during pregnancy can cause serious health problems for your baby, including:

The recommendations described in this policy statement include supine positioning, use of a firm sleep surface, breastfeeding, room - sharing without bed - sharing, routine immunizations, consideration of using a pacifier, and avoidance of soft bedding, overheating, and exposure to tobacco smoke, alcohol, and illicit drugs.

Bed - sharing with someone who has or is using medications (eg, certain antidepressants, pain medications) or substances (eg, alcohol, illicit drugs) that could impair his or her alertness or ability to arouse.7, 37

Breastfeeding should be encouraged in women who are stable on their opioid agonist, who are not using illicit drugs, and who have no other contraindications, such as HIV infection (73, 74).

Parental alcohol and / or illicit drug use in combination with bed - sharing places the infant at particularly high risk of SIDS.7, 37

Look at what the «Sakawa» phenomenon has done to some of our kids, use of illicit drugs and other social crimes.

He added that NDLEA will also do all within its abilities to curb the use and distribution of illicit drugs across Lagos State in particular and the country in general.

Cannabis makes up the lion's share of illicit drug use and some experts believe the drug has declined in popularity, like tobacco, because smoking itself is increasingly seen as unfashionable.

However, rather than implying a swift liberalisation of illicit drugs, Sefatian suggested another direction: re-introducing the cultivation of plants such as poppy and cannabis under state supervision; legalisation of cannabis and opium use under specific circumstances outlined by ad hoc laws, for instance, only in private places and for opium — as he told me — only for people above a certain age.

«The conventions differentiate sharply between offences related to drug trafficking and offences related to personal use of illicit drugs and between offences committed by drug abusers and those committed by others.

«However, with offences involving the possession, purchase or cultivation of illicit drugs for the offender's personal use, the measures can be applied as complete alternatives to conviction and punishment, and none of the convention obligations referred to in paragraphs 15 - 17 above apply to such offences.

Illicit drug proceeds negatively affect economic development; it could be used to corrupt government officials and for terrorism funding thereby subjecting mankind to widespread destruction.»

Burning the drugs prevents the medications from entering landfills, being disposed of by flushing the pills down the toilet, prevents illicit and illegal use as well as reduces the risk of accidental poisoning of our children and elderly.

David Cameron and home secretary Theresa May have cited falling rates of illicit drug use as proof the current government strategy is working.

«The two new positions for the Narcotics Unit are a welcome addition to the Sheriff's Office and its battle against the growing illicit drug use throughout Erie County.

The recommendations described in this report include infants sleeping on their back, using a firm sleep surface, to breastfeed, room - sharing without bed - sharing, routine immunizations, consideration of a pacifier, and avoidance of soft bedding, overheating, and exposure to tobacco smoke, alcohol, and illicit drugs.

Cannabis — marijuana — is the world's most commonly used illicit drug.