Sentences with phrase «of illicit drugs»

Participants later reported their history of illicit drug use at age 16, and then again at age 30.

Firstly, people are risking the use of an illicit drug for its perceived therapeutic effects, and in some cases being arrested.

The results suggested that back pain was linked to higher rates of illicit drug use.

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.

Forty - four percent of illicit drug users work for small companies.

That suggests problematic use that could lead to addiction to the medications or even to use of illicit drugs such as heroin.

He believed that while throwing away the trash in the alley he had actually thrown away a stash bag containing hundreds of dollars of illicit drugs by mistake.

The author argues that we should not address the problem of illicit drugs as a war to be one, but as an epidemic to be checked, a disease to be cured.

Test for the presence of illicit drug use with urine testing.

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

While recreational drug use is supposed to make you feel good, prolonged use of illicit drugs often bring feelings of depression, anger, and frustration.

They can also help you figure out the best approach to talk to your teen about the possibility of illicit drug use.

Side effects can vary depending on the kind of illicit drug used on how long such abuse has been going on.

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.

Prepared reports that detailed investigative findings in over 30 felony investigations, and assisted in over 300 federal investigations, resulting in a significant reduction of illicit drug activity affecting 40,000 + personnel.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated the number of users of illicit drugs in 2014 in the United States ages 12 and over to be about 7 million and an estimated 17 million Americans abuse or are dependent on alcohol.

These results suggest that for every increase in the number of ACEs, the likelihood of initiation of illicit drug during early adolescence, mid-adolescence, adulthood, or at any age (lifetime) increases by 40 %, 10 %, 10 %, and 30 %, respectively.

The Plaintiff was alleged to have a history of illicit drug use during part of this period.

Despite Michael and Dianne's assurances otherwise, the paramedics had concluded I was most likely under the influence of an illicit drug that might harm my son.

Zugibe said the investigation continues into the reach and scope of illicit drug trafficking in Rockland County and further arrests will be made.

We then use a cumulative stressor model to examine the relationship between the number of ACEs (ACE score) and the initiation of illicit drug use by three age categories.

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.

«US - based Mexican [transnational criminal organization] members generally coordinate the transportation and distribution of bulk wholesale quantities of illicit drugs to US markets,» the DEA report states, «while retail - level distribution is mainly handled by smaller local groups and street gangs not directly affiliated with Mexican TCOs.»

In response to «Dental erosion due to abuse of illicit drugs and acidic carbonated beverages,» an article appearing in the March / April issue of General Dentistry, the American Beverage Association issued the following statement:

Pregnant women who smoke or use any type of illicit drug also place their baby at risk of dying from SIDS.

The investigation continues into the reach and scope of illicit drug trafficking in Rockland County and further arrests will be made.

Did you know that the vast majority of Americans have lived within a few hundred yards of an illicit drug lab at some point in their lives?

Did you know that the vast majority of Americans have lived within a few hundred yards of an illicit drug lab at some point in their lives?

«This is important news given that the prevalence of illicit drug use is highest among young people between the ages of 19 and 22.»

The use of illicit drugs among the nation's teen - agers has continued to decline from the peak levels of the late 1970's, according to the federal government's annual survey of 16,000 seniors at public and private schools across the country.

From a national pharmacare initiative to a move to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs such as heroin, there are few of the Liberal grassroots priorities set out in Halifax that a similar gathering of New Democrats could not have endorsed.

The current surge of illicit drug use is hardly the Bay Area's first.

It is high time we addressed the problem of illicit drugs not as a war to be won, but as an epidemic to be checked, a disease to be curbed, and an opportunity to see ourselves in the faces and mutilated veins of our addicted brothers and sisters.

As neurologist Michael Gazzaniga says, most people eventually walk away from the hedonistic pleasures of illicit drugs.

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.

(Many women were not enrolled because of illicit drug use; those in whom drug use became apparent after enrollment had misled health care professionals regarding their drug use, which only became apparent through clinical symptoms afterward.)

He added that NDLEA will also do all within its abilities to curb the use and distribution of illicit drugs across Lagos State in particular and the country in general.

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.

«It is in this light that we believe the call by the Senate President for a review of our drug laws is so timely and very welcomed,» Youth Rise said, «We look forward, that under His leadership, that an effective legal and policy framework will be developed to address and ameliorate the menace of illicit drugs, and the abuse of over the counter and prescription narcotic drugs in Nigeria.»

The State Coordinator, NYSC Ekiti State, Mrs. Nwano Eze Ukgha who put the number of youths registered in the new batch at 2,066 warned the corps members against indulging in cult activities, consumption of illicit drugs, and other forms of unwholesome acts on the camp as erring members would be handed over to the camp court for trial according to the by - laws.

Stamp bags are small wax packets that contain mixtures of illicit drugs, most commonly heroin, packaged for sale and sometimes stamped with a graphical logo by drug dealers to market their contents.

Overtiredness in childhood has predicted lower response inhibition in adolescence, which in turn predicted number of illicit drugs used in young adulthood.

While it's not clear which direction the association runs, the patterns of illicit drug use may have implications for decisions about prescribing opioids for patients with back pain.