Sentences with phrase «illicit drug use as»

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.

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

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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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.

«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.

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.

«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.

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.

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 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.»

1 - lack of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death of a loved one 12 - alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)

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.

Commonly known occurrences include use of statins, as well as use of illicit drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, 5 and abuse of prescription opiates.

The plot device of using illicit drugs — in this case, MDMA, a.k.a. Ecstasy, a.k.a. the «hug drug» — as a transformative elixir of sorts has become somewhat of a hoary old chestnut in recent cinema.

Across the country this spring, hundreds of high - school students have been arrested because their sale or use of illicit drugs on school grounds was observed by undercover narcotics agents posing as students.

Objective, educational or historical political content may be accepted • Foul, vulgar, or obscene language, including censored words that indicate foul, vulgar, or obscene language • Images of human or animal abuse, mistreatment, or distress • Images or titles glorifying or promoting the use of illicit drugs, drug paraphernalia or products to beat drug tests • Images or titles that are obscene, defamatory, libelous, illegal, invasive of another's privacy, or contain hate speech • Images or titles that may be interpreted as threatening, abusive, harassing, or that discriminate or advocate against a protected group, whether based on race, color, national origin, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other category.

Last updated Feb. 15, 2017 The cannabis plant is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, as it is estimated that over 30 million Americans use the «green stuff» every year.

and the use of «illicit or proscribed drug use» as an incentive.

According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung piece, some diplomats — who currently enjoy using the villa as a summer residence — feared that the artists lodged there would engage in outrageous behavior, from illicit drug use to caricatures of Mohammed.

A drug lethal enough to be used as a chemical weapon — called carfentanil — has made its way into the illicit opiate trade.

Assaults are all too common at bars and nightclubs where the use of alcohol or even illicit drugs might cause patrons» tempers to flare and violence to ensue from relatively minor slights, such as accidentally bumping someone on the dance floor.

The Defendants wished to further explore this issue and brought an application to force production of the Plaintiff's personal diary as this apparently made reference to some of the Plaintiff's illicit drug use.

Since these provisions only relate to whistleblower actions in relation to the covered entity, disclosure of protected health information to expose malfeasant conduct by another person, such as knowledge gained during the course of treatment about an individual's illicit drug use, would not be protected activity.

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.

While the KCS did not disclose whether it is taking any legal actions currently against these businesses, it said it will continue the effort in investigating on similar activities as well as illicit use of cryptocurrency in money laundering and smuggling illegal goods such as drugs.

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.

Note: The early adolescence years are a crucial phase where schools need to implement both resilience and drug education programs as this is when young people are more likely faced with influences to use both licit and illicit drugs.

One year after treatment, these adolescents showed significant declines in alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drug use, as well as reductions in criminal activity and other deviant behavior.

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.»

As noted earlier, Felitti et al. (1998) original ACE study clearly showed that people who reported experiencing a greater number of ACEs were more likely to smoke, drink heavily, and uses illicit drugs; additional studies placed an even greater focus on this linkage.

In addition, the ACE Study investigators found relationships between early adverse life events and other health problems such as smoking, suicide, depression, obesity, illicit drug use, alcoholism, teen pregnancy, sexual risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted disease.2 - 13

The main outcomes measured were self - reported use of illicit drugs, including initiation during 3 age categories: ≤ 14 years, 15 to 18 years, or as an adult (≥ 19 years); lifetime use for each of 4 birth cohorts dating back to 1900; drug use problems; drug addiction; and parenteral drug use.

The participant vowed not to use substances such as tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs, because she wanted her baby to be healthy.

Thus, illicit drug use may serve as an avenue to escape or dissociate from the immediate emotional pain, anxiety, and anger that likely accompany such experiences.46, 47 The current findings are supported by previous studies that have reported associations between forms of childhood abuse and substance abuse in adolescents.46, 48,49 The adverse developmental and emotional impact of these interrelated childhood experiences, combined with behaviors inherent among this age group, 19 — 21 all may contribute to the especially strong graded relationship that we found in this age group.

It should however be noted that our measure of substance use mainly reflected alcohol use insofar as only few adolescents used illicit drugs or smoked and, given that we examined a normal population sample, approximately 50 % of the sample did not report any substance use at all.

Although smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use might as behaviors have very different individual effects, they can be combined into a single category insofar as previous studies suggest that the use of these three substances is correlated or comorbid (e.g., Farrell et al. 1992; Lynskaey et al. 1998) and also, because they comprise a general type of deviant behavior often associated with externalizing behavior problems (e.g., Timmermans et al. 2008).