Sentences with word «methamphetamine»

In the case reports / series, eight out of 10 strokes associated with the use of methamphetamine use among young people were haemorrhagic.

One large European study, for example — which examined sewage from 60 cities in 19 countries — discovered an acute use of methamphetamine in two eastern German cities (Chemnitz and Erfurt), heavy use of cocaine in Zurich and Barcelona, and a notable level of MDMA (ecstasy) use in Amsterdam, Kelly reports.

There's also a concern of substance abuse, which might be playing a role — the epidemic of methamphetamine use, in particular.

«Our results are important because they support development of novel, oxytocin - based therapeutics for methamphetamine abuse in humans.»

Drug activity is increasing throughout our province and innocent children are being found in places where drugs are being sold or produced, such as methamphetamine labs and indoor marijuana grow operations.

Six small town characters are trapped in the nightmare of crystal methamphetamine addiction and each must make the decision to escape the nightmare before their world implodes.

Their research targets treatments for methamphetamine abuse and has focused on the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine in drug addiction.

On Croakey, UnitingCare ReGen's CEO Laurence Alvis asks why the Federal Government is reducing the capacity of the Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health sectors to inform policy responses and develop targeted, evidence based programs at a time of concern about methamphetamine use.

Last month four scientists from Columbia University published an analysis of previous studies on methamphetamine use that called into question some of the purported damaging effects of the drug on brain functioning.

He has rescued dogs from methamphetamine labs.

«Researchers identify gene possibly linked with methamphetamine addiction.»

Previous reports from the IDEAL study documented the outcomes up to age 5 and found emotional issues and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders in the children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure.

Set to a syncopated jazz drum beat, the hand - animated film compares the conquest of America by the Pilgrim settlers to the ravaging of contemporary society by Methamphetamine drug addiction; the fanaticism of religious zealots is equated with the compulsion of addicts.

These findings could have implications for understanding the genetic basis of methamphetamine addiction in humans and the development of novel therapeutics for prevention and treatment of substance abuse and possibly other psychiatric disorders.

A horrific example comes from the Internet - directed chemical explorations of ambitious methamphetamine users.

(And while Simmons's choice of a still seems to be aimed at a nostalgic stereotype, it serves as a reminder of the precedent for today's rural methamphetamine laboratories in the rural West, another disturbing hybrid of urban and rural, black and white.)

Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon told local media that on Friday a deputy received the misdirected text message arranging to deliver crystal methamphetamine from 39 - year - old Dwayne Paul Herbert of Pierre Part.

Using high - resolution magnetic resonance imaging to map the brains of methamphetamine addicts for the first time, Paul Thompson, at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, found repeated abuse produced a «forest fire of brain damage.»

With the current study only following children up to age 7.5 years, the researchers said longer term studies will be needed for a more complete understanding of the developmental, emotional and social outcomes for children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure.

In order to understand what happens when our decision - making processes malfunction, a team of researchers led by the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge compared almost 150 individuals with disorders including methamphetamine dependence, obesity with binge eating and obsessive compulsive disorder, comparing them with healthy volunteers of the same age and gender.

With so many homes potentially contaminated by methamphetamine production, meth experts estimate that thousands to tens of thousands of people have discovered that what they thought was the American dream — a nice home for the family — is actually an American nightmare, and the potential cause of a range of health problems and a stack of medical bills.

An Australian could face the death penalty after he was caught trying to smuggle crystal methamphetamine into the Indonesian resort island of Bali, an official has said.

Morrison recently received funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to investigate exactly how methamphetamine contamination lingers in buildings.

After seizing 7 guns and a large quantity of methamphetamine during the execution of the search warrant, in a addition to the seizures made after agents listened to the hundreds of hours of wiretaps, his client was facing 40 years or more in federal custody.

An individual outpatient psychotherapy protocol for use with methamphetamine dependence.

He cooks methamphetamine at the Liquor Ace store in Blaine County for Trevor Phillips Enterprises.

Prosecutors take methamphetamine trafficking charges very seriously.

Botany, Auckland About Blog Decent People Working Together to reduce the harm caused by methamphetamine contaminated properties.

Here the police officer found the drugs after receiving permission to search from Downing, but his consent to search his pocket flowed from his earlier admission that he had smoked methamphetamine before the officers arrived.

This last point is being tested in New York City, where U.S. law enforcement wants Apple to unlock an iPhone 5s belonging to an alleged methamphetamine dealer.

The researcher studied the power of pill testing to prevent deaths caused by «party drugs» such as ecstasy and methamphetamines at festivals, clubs and Read more about Should we pop pill - testing into our drug strategy?

Producing methamphetamine gives off toxic fumes, and Bridger's laser technology, which is still in development, detects these gases by measuring the amount of light absorbed by the gas molecules.

«It is documented that Hitler took amphetamine (not methamphetamine which is chemically slightly different, more addictive and faster acting).

Methamphetamine sales are way up, too.

In June scientists released actual images of damage inflicted on the brain from habitual use of the highly addictive methamphetamine, or speed.

Michigan takes methamphetamine possession and manufacturing very seriously.

They have weathered through Douglas's throat cancer, his son's legal struggles and ultimate 5 - year jail sentence for dealing methamphetamine and cocaine, and Zeta - Jones's struggle with Bipolar II Disorder.

The indictment, which was filed in August 2016 and ordered unsealed Monday, charges Lopez Serrano with conspiracy to import and distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.

Faced with mounting debt, Walter starts cooking the best methamphetamine to provide for his family.

Personally, I welcomed the birth of my son, renovated and moved into a house that was previously being used to sell methamphetamines, and also managed to sneak in a short visit to India.

Crimes involving methamphetamine have become more common over the past 20 years.

«People are encouraged by physicians and dieticians to include resveratrol - containing products in their diet and protection against methamphetamine's harmful effects may be an added bonus,» Miller said.

Researchers found that resveratrol significantly diminished methamphetamine's ability to increase dopamine levels in the brain.

However, animals studies have shown that NAC can help to protect against decreases in dopamine transporter levels despite repeated methamphetamine administration4.

When methamphetamine is administered after a period of withdrawal, however, the dopamine released by the midbrain neurons has the opposite effect on the acetylcholine cells, prompting them to release the chemical into the striatum.

Given the often disabling or fatal consequences of a stroke, and the increasing use of methamphetamine among young people, particularly in countries around the Pacific rim (North America, East and Southeast Asia, and Oceania), the findings are a cause for concern, warn the researchers.

Drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine keep the brain stimulated by preventing neurons from «vacuuming up» excess dopamine.