Sentences with phrase «with illicit drug»

The Strengthening and Supporting Families Coping with Illicit Drug Use (Strengthening Families) measure is an early intervention, family focussed component of the National Illicit Drug Strategy (NIDS).

In this baseline data set, early alcohol use and smoking were significantly associated with illicit drug use, suicidal ideation and poor academic performance.

When people think about cryptocurrency, they often associate it with illicit drug sales on the darknet or volatile currency speculation.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in infants following birth, has historically been associated with illicit drug use among pregnant women.

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 groups.

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.

Not exact matches

This is a far cry from the early days of the bitcoin craze, when the currency was largely linked with the now - shut down «Silk Road,» which was allegedly used to sell drugs and other illicit items.

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.»

During that time, Londoño worked with powerful Colombian crime boss Diego Fernando Murillo, aka «Don Berna,» running drug - trafficking operations and expanding into other illicit activities.

To combat the activities of Mexican, Central American, and South American transnational criminal organizations — including illicit finance and money laundering activities and the flow of illegal drugs — the FBI works side - by - side with its numerous domestic and international partners to infiltrate, disrupt, and dismantle these groups by targeting their leadership and using sensitive investigative and intelligence techniques in long - term, proactive investigations.

In explaining the rationale of greater enforcement of federal marijuana laws, Spicer cited growing problems with other illicit drug use.

Trudeau met Thursday in Ottawa with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who told their joint news conference about his country's decision in 2000 to decriminalize illicit drugs, and how that has helped to mitigate their addiction problems.

- Finally, as citizens we are all forced to comply with regulations with which we do not agree (some think they have a «right» to speed or consume illicit drugs or hold cockfights, etc.).

The number of teenagers who are experimenting with illicit se / x, drugs, or both is extremely high.

Underage drinking and driving is a growing problem in this country, and drugged driving is also a concern, with marijuana the most commonly identified illicit drug in fatal accidents (about 14 percent of drivers), sometimes in combination with alcohol or other drugs.

A prospective cohort study found the SIDS rate to be significantly increased for infants exposed in utero to methadone (OR: 3.6 [95 % CI: 2.5 — 5.1]-RRB-, heroin (OR: 2.3 [95 % CI: 1.3 — 4.0]-RRB-, methadone and heroin (OR: 3.2 [95 % CI: 1.2 — 8.6]-RRB-, and cocaine (OR: 1.6 [95 % CI: 1.2 — 2.2]-RRB-, even after controlling for race / ethnicity, maternal age, parity, birth weight, year of birth, and maternal smoking.229 In addition, a meta - analysis of studies that investigated an association between in utero cocaine exposure and SIDS found an increased risk of SIDS to be associated with prenatal exposure to cocaine and illicit drugs in general.230

Bed - sharing with someone who has or is using medications (eg, certain antidepressants, pain medications) or substances (eg, alcohol, illicit drugs) that could impair his or her alertness or ability to arouse.7, 37

Parental alcohol and / or illicit drug use in combination with bed - sharing places the infant at particularly high risk of SIDS.7, 37

The demonstrations are timed to coincide with the United Nations» International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Also at 1:30 p.m., Schumer pushes a bill providing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection with screening devices, laboratory equipment and facilities to better detect illicit drugs, Schenectady County Office Building, 620 State St., Schenectady.

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, provides powers for enforcement agencies to deal with illicit manufacturers, suppliers and importers of temporary class dDrugs Act 1971, as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, provides powers for enforcement agencies to deal with illicit manufacturers, suppliers and importers of temporary class drugsdrugs.

«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.

In 1995, 13.6 percent of smokers were illicit drug users, compared with only 3.0 percent of non-smokers.

Such narrowed arteries can lead to severe pain called «thunderclap headaches» and are often associated with pregnancy complications or illicit drug use.

The risk of riding with an impaired driver was much higher for peer drivers than for older adult drivers (21 percent vs. 2.4 percent for marijuana, 17 percent vs. 4 percent for alcohol, and 5.4 percent vs. less than 1 percent for illicit drugs).

Factors associated with dating violence for both males and females were African - American race, alcohol misuse, illicit drug misuse and depression.

According to a study published online Monday in Annals of Emergency Medicine, dating violence among adolescents was also strongly associated with alcohol, illicit drug use and depression.

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.

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).

In patients admitted to the hospital for asthma, illicit drug use and low socioeconomic status were linked with an increased risk of requiring admission to the intensive care unit.

Lee, now with the Environmental Protection Agency, comments, «Around the world, treated and untreated wastewater entering surface waters contains pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs that originate from human consumption and excretion, manufacturing processes, or improper disposal.

Scientists have found a way to combine these Van de Graaff generators with a common laboratory instrument to detect drugs, explosives, and other illicit materials on the human body.

Eighty - one (94 percent) of the mothers were receiving opioid substitution therapy from the first trimester, with 17 (20 percent) relapsing into illicit drug use during the third trimester.

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.

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.

Often perceived as a safe legal alternative to illicit drug use, synthetic marijuana use was associated with 11,561 reports of poisonings in the United States between January 2009 and April 2012.

They found the number of ED visits by patients age 21 and younger for any reason who were diagnosed with addiction or dependency on opioids — which include prescription painkillers as well as illicit drugs such as heroin — rose from 32,235 in 2008 to 49,626 in 2013.

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.

«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.

To mobilize and equip a student - led movement in colleges and universities in partnership with public and private institutions to create a safer environment free of crime, violence, and illicit drugs in order to foster good citizenship throughout the world.

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.

Unacceptable books • Books glorifying or promoting the use of illicit drugs, drug paraphernalia or products to beat drug tests • Books with content that is obscene, defamatory, libelous, illegal, invasive of another's privacy, or contains hate speech • Books with content that is threatening, abusive, harassing, or that discriminate or advocate against a protected group, whether based on race, color, national origin, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other category

Not long ago you could have bought illicit drugs with the currency, but the FBI closed down «Silk Road» earlier this year, which allowed people to buy illegal substances anonymously.

Deal with Dayton's reported drug problems which historically go hand - in - hand with illicit and abusive behavior toward dogs.

I think I rescued a dog from Craigslist that has been given or exposed to drugs like speed type illicit drugs and for a long period of time and now since no longer with the original owner and no longer exposed to ANYTHING is possibly detoxing but what signs can I look for to see if it's that or something else since he's vet appointment has been rescheduled for a week because of hurricane Irma

The driving factor behind these troubling figures, reports the UN, lies in the burgeoning illicit wildlife trade, once a localized market that is increasingly grown into a highly - profitable network of organized crime — on par with the drug and arms trade.

Why, it's the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, which was just revealed by the department's inspector general to have engaged in drug use, gifts, and illicit sex with oil company executives.