Sentences with phrase «more illicit drugs»

Those who broke - up also used more illicit drugs, drank more alcohol, binge drank more, and smoked more marijuana in the previous 30 days.

Not exact matches

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.

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!

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.

Clients in the home birth group were more likely to report the use of tobacco during pregnancy than the midwife comparison group and were more likely to report the use of illicit drugs during pregnancy than the physician comparison group.

More than 220,000 have been killed in the ensuing conflict which became every time more intertwined with the illicit drug trade, involving not only the FARC, but also other insurgent, paramilitary and criminal groMore than 220,000 have been killed in the ensuing conflict which became every time more intertwined with the illicit drug trade, involving not only the FARC, but also other insurgent, paramilitary and criminal gromore intertwined with the illicit drug trade, involving not only the FARC, but also other insurgent, paramilitary and criminal groups.

In addition, smokers are more likely to take illicit drugs than non-smokers are.

Among other initiatives needed are more rigorous analysis of the potency of illicit drugs being sold on the streets, information campaigns to inform the public of the analyses results and likely dangers, more treatment therapies to ease withdrawal symptoms, programs to get primary care doctors to treat and screen for addictions and wider distribution of Naltrexone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, said Ciccarone.

«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.

More than a decade of data indicates teens have become far less likely to abuse alcohol, nicotine and illicit drugs, and they also are less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors, such as fighting and stealing, according to results of a national survey analyzed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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.»

If we stopped looking at this as an illicit drug epidemic and looked at it more as a poisoning epidemic, we would address it differently,» Ciccarone said.

Candidates were much more likely to admit to having had mental health issues, used illicit drugs, or committed a crime in a session with the chatbot than they did in a written questionnaire (Computers in Human Behaviour, doi.org/ttp).

Cannabis - primary respondents were even less likely to have used formal treatment or support services than were those resolving problems with illicit drugs — 18 percent versus 42 percent — but were more likely to have participated in drug courts than those who had resolved alcohol problems — 24 percent versus 8 percent.

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.

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

Current illicit drug users were also more likely to have an opioid prescription, although that difference was not statistically significant.

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.

The nationwide data show that people with cLBP have higher rates of illicit drug use, and those with a past history of illicit drug use are more likely to be current users of opioid analgesics.

Dr. Palamar posits that it is likely that many of these synthetic marijuana users resort to trying this «legal,» but more dangerous version of marijuana in order to avoid possible arrest, detection on drug screenings, or the stigma associated with being an illicit drug user.

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

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.

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.

The study calculated that not eating enough nuts and seeds was the third - leading dietary risk factor for death and disability in the world, killing more people than processed meat consumption, and potentially leading to the deaths of 15 times more people than all those who die from overdoses of heroin, crack cocaine, and all other illicit drugs combined.

By the halfway point in the film, we already had the Irish mob, the Italian mob, an illicit affair, car chases, shoot - outs, some major deaths, Prohibition ending, drugs, booze, the KKK... and then we get a crooked Sherriff, more racists, teenage prostitution in Hollywood, blackmail, fundamentalist rallies, gambling, more shootouts, two Not Entirely Unexpected Twists and more deaths.

They're also more likely to use illicit drugs.

With illicit and prescription drugs so prevalent in today's American workforce, educating employees on the risk of substance abuse has never been more important.

More than 2.9 million driving - age teens reported some use of marijuana, and last year more than 750,000 16 - and 17 - year - olds reported driving under the influence of illicit drMore than 2.9 million driving - age teens reported some use of marijuana, and last year more than 750,000 16 - and 17 - year - olds reported driving under the influence of illicit drmore than 750,000 16 - and 17 - year - olds reported driving under the influence of 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.

Similar to what he believes would happen with marijuana, this would perhaps limit other more serious and violent crimes related to these other 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.

The more likely concern they had was that Ledger had initially lied 7 months earlier on his application about any 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:

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.

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.

Similarly, those who broke up several times were more likely to use illicit drugs, and in the last 30 days drank more alcohol, binge drank more, and smoked more pot....

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.

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.

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.

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.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use to the U.S. economy is estimated at more than $ 700 billion annuaDrug Abuse, the costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use to the U.S. economy is estimated at more than $ 700 billion annuadrug use to the U.S. economy is estimated at more than $ 700 billion annually.

U.S. government suggests more than 20 % of Americans have an addiction to some illicit drug.

At the age of 17.5, parents» reports of inattentiveness and hyperactivity were significant predictors for frequent alcohol use in both sexes, but they were more predictive of frequent alcohol and illicit drug use in girls.

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