Sentences with phrase «including illicit drugs»

Challenges and Choices does this by focusing on medicines, poisonous substances and passive smoking in early childhood; energy drinks, tobacco and alcohol in middle primary; and alcohol, cannabis and other drugs (including illicit drugs like methamphetamine) in secondary school.

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Other parts of the plan include «Help Those Struggling with Addiction» and «Cut off the Supply of Illicit Drugs,» which is the section that includes seeking the death penalty against certain drug traffickers.

Illicit drugs that dump loads of dopamine (or strongly inhibit its reuptake, which is similar to dumping loads of dopamine) include cocaine and methamphetamines,» Dr. Emily Deans wrote at Psychology Today.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

The researchers then studied wastewater samples from 10 cities throughout the United States, testing for 14 illicit, prescription, and nonprescription drugs including heroine, cocaine, methamphetamine, and oxycodone.

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).

The study notes some limitations, including a primarily male sample and a lack of specific information regarding past 30 - day use of other illicit drugs and alcohol.

People living with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are more likely to use illicit drugs — including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine — compared to those without back pain, reports a study in Spine, published by Wolters Kluwer.

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.

Nationwide, the number of deaths due to drugs more than doubled between 2002 to 2015, including a six-fold increase in deaths due to overdose of heroin and illicit opiods.

This includes 272 drugs on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List and an additional 211 illicit, prescription, and over-the-counter drugs not banned in sport that no other dietary supplement certification program covers.

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.

[18] To estimate the number of prohibited suspensions, we assume that any kindergarten through grade 8 suspension would be allowed in related categories as outlined by OSSE (weapons; harassment (including sexual) or bullying; trespassing, vandalism, or arson; and attacks, threats, or fighting) and banned for other less serious categories (theft; illicit drug related; disrespect, insubordination, or disruption; attendance, skipping, or tardy; alcohol, tobacco, or pornography related; and academic dishonesty or tampering).

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.

Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.

The Board also says the game includes elements of illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards.

Aggravating factors that can result in a Class 1 Felony charge include the use of a firearm, possession of a large quantity of illicit drugs, and causing great bodily harm or death.

Examples include alcoholism and the abuse of legal drugs (e.g. over the counter drugs) or illicit drugs.

Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.

$ 24.5 million in this financial year to health and ageing programs including Indigenous Health — Healthy for Life; Combating Petrol Sniffing; extending the eligibility for the Hearing Services Program; to increase capacity building in Indigenous communities through the National Illicit Drugs Strategy and additional funding to the Primary Heath Care Access program;

Assessment was made of the association between suicide behaviours and mental health disorders, which were categorised as fear and anger disorders (specific) phobia, panic disorder / agoraphobia, social phobia, intermittent explosive disorder; distress disorders (separation anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder and / or dysthymia (MDD / DYS) and generalised anxiety disorder; disruptive behaviour disorders (attention - deficit - hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder and eating disorders (including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder)-RRB-; and substance abuse (alcohol and illicit drug abuse).

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

So — and, obviously, there are some other risks that you really hope children aren't exposed to but that — and that includes exposure to drugs — particularly illicit drugs and alcohol in utero, which also — I think there's some increasing evidence that that can, again, make children more irritable or impact on their neurological and cognitive development later on.

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.

Depression has also been associated with a number of health risk behaviours including use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs, and is more common among women who are overweight or obese.

Previous studies suggested that early childhood trauma can lead to an array of negative health outcomes and behaviors, including substance abuse, among both adolescents and adults.22 — 25 For example, childhood physical and sexual abuse has been shown to be associated with illegal drug use.26 — 28 Although these studies provide evidence that most substance abusers come from abusive homes, many of these studies have taken a «categorical» approach to examine the relationship between 1 or 2 forms of these childhood exposures and subsequent drug abuse; few studies have examined illicit drug use and abuse in relation to multiple disturbing or stressful childhood exposures.

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 purpose of the proposed study is to examine the association of substance use, including nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs, and IPV for a sample of 160 generally lower socioeconomic status women studied over a number of years with the same male partner in the OYS - Couples study.

Measures of drug use included the Timeline Followback (TLFB) interview, which assesses the frequency of illicit drug and alcohol use, and urine samples obtained during each assessment and treatment session.

Potential confounders include sociodemographic information (parental age and gender, child age and gender, household income, parental occupation and marital status), parental history of smoking, drinking and illicit drug use, parental and child history of comorbidities and child cognitive skills.

Potential confounders include baseline sociodemographic information (parental age and gender, child age and gender, household income, parental occupation and marital status), parental history of smoking, drinking and illicit drug use, parental and child history of comorbidities and child cognitive skills.

For these reasons, education about methamphetamine and other illicit drugs would be included from the secondary years of schooling.

In the secondary years, programs should focus on legal drugs such as alcohol, caffeine (energy drinks), tobacco, over-the-counter and prescription medicines, illegal drugs such as cannabis, synthetic cannabis, and other illicit drugs including methamphetamine.