Sentences with phrase «use of amphetamine»

The Australian School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSAD)- which surveys alcohol and drug use among 12 to 17 year old students - shows that use of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) has in fact, been decreasing over time.

Years of heavy use of amphetamines - legally obtained for he was a pharmacist - was the presumed cause.

According to a study done by the NCAA's quadrennial survey from athletes for the 2009 year, lacrosse players led all other sports in the use of amphetamines, anabolic steroids, cocaine, marijuana and narcotics.

The treaties prohibit the non-medical use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine and heroin.

Use of amphetamines without a doctor's order, known as nonmedical use, carries a high risk of abuse and dependency, as well as potential harmful side effects such as heart problems and seizures.

Improper use of amphetamines can lead to heart problems, weight loss, psychotic episodes, increased blood pressure, and hair loss.

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His test subjects include Abraham Lincoln (who reportedly suffered from depression), Winston Churchill (bipolar tendencies), JFK (manic traits, compounded by steroid use), and Hitler (bipolar tendencies, exacerbated by abuse of amphetamines).

The cyclists» SMR was consistent across different periods of participation, corresponding to the reported or suspected use of cocaine and amphetamines (1947 - 1970), androgens and anabolic steroids (1971 - 1990) and growth hormone and erythropoietin (1991 - 2012), said Dr. Jouven.

Brain injections of lidocaine, commonly used by dentists to numb patients» gums, temporarily help rats overcome addiction to amphetamines

They found that one in five of a large random sample of male prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales used «hard» drugs — heroin, amphetamines or cocaine.

Participants who reported risky use of cannabis, amphetamines or opioids prior to being incarcerated or who had committed a drug - related crime were at a higher risk of returning to prison.

The sad truth is that athletes continue to test positive for many of the same things that they have been using historically: amphetamines and other stimulants, becoming popular in the 1950s; anabolic steroids in the «70s and «80s; EPO and human growth hormone from the «90s to the present.

For instance, sewage from cities in the Netherlands and Antwerp in Belgium showed high levels of amphetamines, but previous surveys suggest the use of those drugs is actually two to three times lower there than in the rest of Europe.

Recent studies put college students» nonprescription use of stimulant drugs (Ritalin and amphetamines such as Adderall and Dexedrine) at rates anywhere between 14 and 38 percent, depending on the type of college and age of student.

The majority of the ADHD medicines used in the study were stimulants such as Adderall, an amphetamine, and Ritalin, or methylphenidate.

Substances at historic low levels of use include alcohol and cigarettes, heroin, prescription opioids, MDMA (Ecstasy or Molly), methamphetamine, amphetamines, and sedatives.

Brain doping is the use of illegal substances and pharmaceuticals such as illegal amphetamines, modafinil or Ritalin to improve mental performance.

amphetamine) which results in hyperactivity which is then used to model the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.

Though nearly 8 percent of the students reported nonmedical amphetamine use and about 7 percent reported nonmedical Adderall use in the past year, about 29 percent of nonmedical Adderall users reported no nonmedical amphetamine use.

Exposure to amphetamines was established by 2 questions: 1 on the use of drugs for losing weight and a 2nd question on whether people often made use of Dexedrine or Benzedrine.

According to a study, people who have used amphetamines such as dexedrine and benzedrine appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

Many of these pills, such as phentermine (used in the drug Adipex) are amphetamines, or structurally similar to amphetamines — stimulants that affect the brain and central nervous system.

Near the end of middle school, Morse's mother persuaded him to try Dexedrine, an amphetamine often used to treat ADD, to help him focus.

These include a field study of oral fluid drug screening devices that would provide law enforcement officers a quick indication whether a driver had used certain selected drugs such as marijuana, opiates, and amphetamines, for subsequent confirmation through a laboratory test.

Some of this is covered with the blood test, but a urine test for a full drug panel will alert the carrier to the use of drugs like amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, and more.

A study from Reuters found that nearly 30 % of truck drivers use amphetamines.

The portable Reader 1000 is a highly sensitive, robust and effective fluorescence measurement instrument which is used to read the cartridge, providing a positive or negative result for four groups of drugs — amphetamines, cocaine, opiates and cannabis.

Drug tests monitor marijuana, cocaine, amphetamine, opiate, and phencyclidine use and may only be performed by laboratories that are certified by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Some of this is covered with the blood test, but a urine test for a full drug panel will alert the carrier to the use of drugs like amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, and more.

Within the past 24 months, have you used or are you currently using narcotics, amphetamines or any controlled substance, other than on the advice of a physician?

The latest figures from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS)- which surveys around 24 000 Australians aged 12 and over every 2 - 3 years on their drug use, patterns, attitudes and behaviour - shows that the number of people using meth / amphetamine has been declining since 1998 - when recent use peaked at 3.7 % - and has continued to decline to 2.1 % in 2013 and to 1.4 % in 2016.

So, these figures do not reflect a nationwide epidemic of methamphetamine use but they do indicate an increased use of the more potent form of this drug - crystal methamphetamine (ice)- by those using meth / amphetamine.

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence measures.40

Despite the fact that Hispanic (eighth grade) adolescents have the highest lifetime drug - use prevalence rates across all major illicit drugs (except amphetamines)(Johnston, O'Malley, Bachman, & Schulenberg, 2005), and Hispanic high school students have the highest rates of unprotected sex at last intercourse (CDC - P, 2004b) compared to African American and non-Hispanic Whites, research on the efficacy of drug abuse and HIV prevention programs for Hispanics is lacking (González - Castro et al., 2003).

The latest figures from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS)- which surveys around 24,000 Australians aged 12 and over every 2 - 3 years on their drug use, patterns, attitudes and behaviour - shows that the number of people using meth / amphetamine has been declining since 1998 - when recent use peaked at 3.7 % - and has continued to declined to 2.1 % in 2013 and to 1.4 % in 2016.

Although the number of people using this drug has remained stable between 2010 and 2013, concerns have been generated by the fact that an increase has been shown to have occurred in the number of meth / amphetamine users who are choosing to use the purer, more potent form of this drug - crystal methamphetamine (ice)- which has the potential to cause more severe problems.