Sentences with phrase «over illicit drugs»

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The Tories are committing $ 44.9 million over five years to expand the focus of the National Anti-Drug Strategy from illicit street drugs to prescription drug abuse as well.

Over the years, a number of anonymous websites have sprung up to allow users to use bitcoins to purchase drugs and other illicit products.

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!

At the other extreme, there is the legalization option, which seeks to reestablish the status quo prior to drug and alcohol prohibition, when now - illicit drugs were sold over the counter and as ingredients in patent medicine, cough syrup and Coca - Cola.

«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.

Kashamu is said to be on the wanted list of the US government over his alleged involvement in illicit drug activities.

Kano state government has approved over N60 million as operational funds and allowances, for the state Task force on Fake, Counterfeit, Adulterated, Illicit drugs...

While average life expectancy has been rising steadily in most countries over the past century, new research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that life expectancy declined significantly and rapidly in three countries where policy changes increased access to prescription opioids, alcohol or illicit drugs.

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.

The police sting hit two markets, AlphaBay and Hansa, that were responsible for the trading of over 350, 000 illicit goods such as drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware

Since the inherited risk is based in family genetics and is therefore beyond clinical reach, McFarlane relies on multifamily group therapy and social supports at school and at work to protect vulnerable patients from environmental triggers — illicit drugs and emotional stress in particular — that might send them over the edge.

«Over the past five to 10 years, types of illicit drugs used around the world have been created or repurposed from research chemicals to mimic the effects of traditional drugs of abuse in order to circumvent legal control and detection,» explained corresponding author Sabra Botch - Jones, MS, MA, D - ABFT, forensic toxicologist and instructor in the Biomedical Forensic Sciences program in the department of anatomy and neurobiology at BUSM.

«This is very consistent with data from the [U.S.] Drug Enforcement Administration that shows a great increase in the trafficking and availability of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl over the past few years,» said lead researcher Christopher Jones, of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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.

On one hand, his character is an over the top cocaine snorting, illicit sex having, drug lord defending 1970's caricature.

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

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.

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.

Substance abuse in Denver is a significant problem, with 21 percent of the city's residents reporting use of illicit drugs over the course of the last year.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 24.6 million people over the age of 12 have used illicit drugs in America, representing 9.4 % of the population.

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.

In 2013, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that 24.6 million Americans over the age of 12 had used illicit drugs.

Marijuana was the most commonly reported illicit drug, having been used by one in five (19 %) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over in the previous year.