Sentences with phrase «for 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.

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.

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.

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!

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 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.

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

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).

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

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.

«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.»

«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.

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.

The question was repeated for marijuana use and illicit drug use (including ecstasy, amphetamines, opiates, cocaine / crack cocaine, glue or solvents, LSD, or anabolic steroids).

«Part of my job is to collate information on the techniques used to manufacture illicit drugs and to investigate the availability of a number of key chemicals which are essential for their production.

«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.

«Given that marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug by high school students in the U.S., having a better understanding of how marijuana use affects future SC use and vice versa is essential for designing effective prevention and intervention programs.»

In patients admitted to the hospital for asthma, illicit drug use and low socioeconomic status were linked with an increased risk of requiring admission to the intensive care unit.

Subjects who had ever used illicit drugs were more likely to have an active prescription for opioid analgesics: 22.5 percent versus 15 percent.

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.

In addition, cLBP patients with a history of illicit drug use are more likely to have a current prescription for opioid analgesic (pain - relieving) drugs, according to the new research by Dr. Anna Shmagel of University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues.

Researchers are analyzing sewage for clues about illicit drug use in Europe.

Reporting lifetime use of any illicit drug other than natural marijuana more than doubled the odds for use.

«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.»

But perhaps even more staggering is that, according to different studies, only 10 percent of people with substance use disorders receive any type of treatment for their dependency on alcohol, prescription medications and / or illicit drugs — even if they're patients at a hospital.

Firstly, people are risking the use of an illicit drug for its perceived therapeutic effects, and in some cases being arrested.

Use of illicit drugs other than marijuana is at its lowest level in the history of the survey for all three grades.

For example, 14 percent of 12th graders said they used an illicit drug, compared to 18 percent in 2013.

«These findings highlight the importance of implementing positive coping strategies for at - risk youth particularly for reducing illicit drug use and risky sexual behavior,» explains study author Jacinda Dariotis.

For newborns, meconium analysis can detect fetal exposure to lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic metals, DDT and pesticide exposure as well as alcohol, tobacco use and illicit drug use.

They are used worldwide to detect explosives, drugs and other illicit substances; to seek out dead bodies, missing persons or suspects in crimes; and to uncover trace materials at suspected arson sites, for instance.

It can check for pre-existing health conditions and illicit drug use.

When one of the users pointed out that fiat currencies can also be used for illegal activities such as money laundering, tax evasion, terrorist funding, and drug purchases, Gates said that the necessity of a physical presence makes illicit activities and transfers more difficult:

As a result, the issue of illicit drug use and its impact on the workplace is top of mind for many HR, staffing and recruiting professionals.

Searched for, and successfully collected evidence, such as fingerprints, drugs, and drug paraphernalia using investigative equipment resulting in the confiscation of all Schedule type I - V controlled substances resulting in the 100 % positive identification rate of illicit substances.

While we are unable to investigate this further due to the nature of administrative data, this may reflect greater service use, increased likelihood of intervention or increased support for families with a mother who has been identified to have a mental health or history of illicit drug use.

This was assessed via 3 measures: (1) parental cigarette smoking (for the month before assessment) at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up; (2) parental alcohol problems, based on questions from the Composite International Diagnostic Inventory35 relating to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition36 alcohol abuse / dependence symptom criteria, in the 12 months before the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up; and (3) parental use of cannabis or other illicit drugs, since the previous assessment, at the 5 -, 6 -, and 9 - year follow - up.

To be conservative, we counted these participants as psychotic only if (1) their symptoms persisted for at least 1 week; (2) they had not used alcohol, illicit drugs, or medication during this time; and (3) a project clinician (a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist) reviewed the case and judged that the symptoms were «probably indicative of psychosis.»

We tested for evidence that self - reported alcoholism, depressed affect, and illicit drug use mediate this relationship and examined the relationship between the number of adverse childhood experiences and suicide attempts during childhood / adolescence and adulthood.

Although hypothesized, no effects of intervention were observed for the lifetime prevalence of use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, or other illicit drugs at age 18 years.

Evidence - based interventions for mental health and illicit drug use are crucial to confer long - lasting, sustainable mental health benefits to young Indigenous Australians.

Community - wide reductions of 10 - 35 % in illicit drug use initiation for youth who were non-users in 6th grade (prior to program delivery).

For women, break - up did not relate to committing crime or illicit drug use, but did increase alcohol use, binge drinking and marijuana use.

For young women, depression was associated with the later stages of puberty, interpersonal conflict, scholastic failure, skin problems, illicit drug use, transitioning into motherhood and being single.

The ACE score increased the risk of initiating illicit drugs during early adolescence, mid-adolescence, and adulthood and for lifetime use in a strong graded manner (P <.05; Table 4), with initiation during early adolescence having the strongest graded relationship with the ACE score, with exception of experiencing 1 ACE, which was not statistically significant.

Buamrind asserts that in today's climate of social instability, with both parents working, a high divorce rate and easily assessable illicit drugs, adolescents function best when parents use an authoritative parenting style that is more demanding, yet sensitive to their child's need for autonomy.

Despite this associative evidence, to the authors» knowledge, existing systematic reviews assessing the effectiveness of school - based substance use interventions have not reported the effectiveness of universal resilience - based interventions on adolescent substance use.4 — 6, 37 Three existing Cochrane reviews have individually examined the efficacy of school - based tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use programmes.4 — 6 Such reviews have not reported outcomes for universal resilience - based interventions specifically, but have included such interventions in broader categories of intervention type for subgroup analysis.