Sentences with phrase «as illicit drugs»

They found the number of ED visits by patients age 21 and younger for any reason who were diagnosed with addiction or dependency on opioids — which include prescription painkillers as well as illicit drugs such as heroin — rose from 32,235 in 2008 to 49,626 in 2013.

If we stopped looking at this as an illicit drug epidemic and looked at it more as a poisoning epidemic, we would address it differently,» Ciccarone said.

You'll mainly run into an issue claiming long - term disability benefits if your disability was caused by a pre-existing condition, which your policy may not cover, or criminal activity such as illicit drug use.

One can only imagine the repercussions to our trade relations with the U.S. if we became officially designated as an illicit drug - producing nation.

Not exact matches

The Tories are committing $ 44.9 million over five years to expand the focus of the National Anti-Drug Strategy from illicit street drugs to prescription drug abuse as well.

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.

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.

The U.S. provides the largest drug consumption market in the western hemisphere while Canada serves two roles — as both a destination and transit country for illicit activities including drug smuggling and global alien smuggling.

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.

Scandals can pertain to large - scale corporate conduct involving the cooperation of many people (such as the Volkswagen emissions - falsification scandal), to an individual corporate decision (as when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of one of its drugs from $ 13.50 to $ 750 per pill), or to illicit behaviour by an individual (such as a corporation's CEO).

- Finally, as citizens we are all forced to comply with regulations with which we do not agree (some think they have a «right» to speed or consume illicit drugs or hold cockfights, etc.).

At the other extreme, there is the legalization option, which seeks to reestablish the status quo prior to drug and alcohol prohibition, when now - illicit drugs were sold over the counter and as ingredients in patent medicine, cough syrup and Coca - Cola.

The author argues that we should not address the problem of illicit drugs as a war to be one, but as an epidemic to be checked, a disease to be cured.

As neurologist Michael Gazzaniga says, most people eventually walk away from the hedonistic pleasures of illicit drugs.

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.

Opiates are drugs that are derived from the opium poppy, and range from some of the most addictive painkillers such as codeine, oxycodone, and fentanyl to illicit drugs, such as heroin.

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.

All infants born at Women & Infants Hospital who have been exposed to illicit drugs, psychotropic medication, or who have neurobehavioral concerns such as excessive irritability or poor sleep should be referred for NNNS consult.

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).

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 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, provides powers for enforcement agencies to deal with illicit manufacturers, suppliers and importers of temporary class dDrugs Act 1971, as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, provides powers for enforcement agencies to deal with illicit manufacturers, suppliers and importers of temporary class drugsdrugs.

These could come from armed groups such as the ELN, or one of the many right - wing and criminal groups involved in the illicit drug trade and other forms of transnational organised crime that plague the country.

«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.

The psychoactive substances bill sought to crack down on legal highs — especially the new generation of drugs that are designed to mimic the effects of traditional illicit substances such as cannabis and ecstasy — which the Home Office says caused 129 deaths in 2015.

Our prison staff fight a constant battle to prevent illicit items, such as drugs, extremist materials, mobile phones, Sim cards and pornography getting into our prisons.

The State Coordinator, NYSC Ekiti State, Mrs. Nwano Eze Ukgha who put the number of youths registered in the new batch at 2,066 warned the corps members against indulging in cult activities, consumption of illicit drugs, and other forms of unwholesome acts on the camp as erring members would be handed over to the camp court for trial according to the by - laws.

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.

Kano state government has approved over N60 million as operational funds and allowances, for the state Task force on Fake, Counterfeit, Adulterated, Illicit drugs...

Peace and her colleagues tested e-liquids containing everything from legal substances such as nicotine, vitamins and caffeine to illicit drugs, including cannabis, heroin and methamphetamine.

«People involved in illicit activities such as illegal drug use and drink driving are more prone to overestimate the prevalence of their behaviour in society.

Students learn their application when analyzing samples for dyes, such as those occurring on textile fibers; when analyzing samples for the presence of materials such as petrol which may have been used to start fires; or when testing for the presence of illicit drugs in a variety of sample types.

More than a decade of data indicates teens have become far less likely to abuse alcohol, nicotine and illicit drugs, and they also are less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors, such as fighting and stealing, according to results of a national survey analyzed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

When the researchers tracked one city over a month, they found that use of «recreational» illicit drugs such as cocaine spiked on weekends, whereas other drugs such as methamphetamine showed a consistent presence in wastewater.

The police sting hit two markets, AlphaBay and Hansa, that were responsible for the trading of over 350, 000 illicit goods such as drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware

«Historically, drug withdrawal for newborns has been described among illicit drug use such as heroin or women treated for previous opioid abuse, but this is really one of the first studies to look at legal prescriptions for pregnant women.

Likewise, as risk factors, not eating enough fruit out - rivals illicit drug use.

Brain scientist Professor Thomas Nowotny was surprised to find that the «nose» of fruit flies can identify odours from illicit drugs and explosive substances almost as accurately as wine odour, which the insects are naturally attracted to because it smells like their favourite food, fermenting fruit.

The «nose» of a fruit fly can identify odors from illicit drugs and explosives almost as accurately as wine odor.

But some biopolicy experts worry that morphinemaking yeast strains could also allow illicit drugmakers to brew heroin as easily as beer enthusiasts home brew today — the drug is a simple chemical conversion from morphine.

In the case of opiatemaking yeast, such rules might forbid developing strains to produce illicit drugs, such as heroin, and require scientists to build in genes that prevent the microbes from living outside of a controlled laboratory environment.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome has been linked to both illicit drug use as well as use of prescription opioids — narcotic pain relievers such as hydrocodone — by pregnant women.

The study couldn't tell whether they were misusing prescription amphetamines, such as those used for attention deficit disorder, or using illicit drugs such as methamphetamine.

Manicke and his team at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis went on to build a device that can screen for these compounds, as well as for classic illicit drugs.

That suggests problematic use that could lead to addiction to the medications or even to use of illicit drugs such as heroin.

Often perceived as a safe legal alternative to illicit drug use, synthetic marijuana use was associated with 11,561 reports of poisonings in the United States between January 2009 and April 2012.

Other illicit drugs showed five - year declines, such as synthetic marijuana, hallucinogens other than LSD, and over-the-counter cough and cold medications.

«Other illicit drug use, regular cigarette smoking, and frequent alcohol use each increased the risk for hashish use; however, a main finding was that as frequency of other marijuana use increased, so too did risk for recent hashish use.»