Sentences with phrase «illicit drug misuse»

Factors associated with dating violence for both males and females were African - American race, alcohol misuse, illicit drug misuse and depression.

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A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, an Associated Press investigation shows...

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We do know that people who experience strains, like sex assault, are more likely to use illicit drugs, and we certainly need to be mindful of halting an already nationwide epidemic of opioid and other drug misuse.»

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.

These results were based on program effects on substance misuse (including tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs) and associated criminal activity (Lee et al., 2012).

Excessive alcohol consumption could have a role in these pathways, being closely related to suicide and interpersonal violence, 34 — 36 and alongside other substance misuse, it was found to be associated with suicide in other disadvantaged groups.37 — 41 Despite the lack of exact estimates, illicit drug use too seems to be a substantial and increasing problem among travellers.20, 42

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (Home Office, 2016 — PDF download) showed that men are more likely to take illicit drugs than women This partly explains the higher mortality rate from drug misuse in males, but does not explain the sharper rises seen in males in recent years.

Most adolescents with CD misuse alcohol and / or illicit drugs (Armstrong and Costello 2002).