Posts Tagged ‘substance use’
National Drug Facts Week: Do You Have Questions? Teens Do.
National Drug Facts Week: Do You Have Questions? Teens Do. – Promotional Video: Youth from Montgomery County, Maryland’s TEENWORKS summer program ask questions of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) scientists….
Severe Mental Illness Tied to Higher Rates of Substance Use
… especially cigarette smoking, and protective factors usually associated with lower rates of substance use do not exist in severe mental illness, according to a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National …
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RIA helps shatter myths on prescription and OTC drugs
Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the theme for this year's National Drug Facts Week is “Shatter the Myths,” and runs from Jan. 27 through Feb. 4. “NIDA is reaching out to teens to let them know the truth about illicit drug use …
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Were Their Drug Lords in the 1800s?
Question by Love Never Dies: Were their drug lords in the 1800s?
I need to know if their were drug lords in the 1800s or even Mafia people. The location is London and/ or Scotland, if you could help me with this it would be a great help. Thank you ever so much.
Best answer:
Answer by OliveSorceress
Chinese opium dens.
Sherlock Holmes 7% solution refers to cocaine.
Answer by Seminole Pride
I am not 100% on whether there were Drug Lords in the 1800s but I do not that Heroin and Cocaine was being tossed around here and there beginning in the mid 1800’s. There were also Organized Crime in the 1800s so if you would want an answer then I would probably say yeah but don’t count me on that one.
Severe Mental Illness Tied to Higher Rates of Substance Use – Albany Tribune
Severe Mental Illness Tied To Higher Rates Of Substance Use – Albany Tribune
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Severe Mental Illness Tied To Higher Rates Of Substance Use
Albany Tribune People with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk for substance use, especially cigarette smoking, and protective factors usually associated with lower rates of substance use do not exist in severe mental … |
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Substance Use More Likely Among Patients With Mental Illness
Substance use more likely among patients with mental illness
Patients with psychotic disorders are more likely to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and use recreational drugs, recent data show. Researchers assessed 18,612 patients with mental illnesses. Of those, 5,586 patients had schizophrenia, 1,507 had bipolar …
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Under-reporting of Drug Use Among Individuals With Schizophrenia: Prevalence …
The investigators speculate that a history of legal involvement rendered the patients desensitized to and less fearful of disclosing their drug use, so they tended to be more likely to accurately report substance use. If fear of disclosing substance …
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Access to Medicaid-Accepting Substance Use Tx Centers Varies
(HealthDay News) – Medicaid expansion to include substance use disorder (SUD) treatment does not guarantee access, particularly in underserved and rural counties, according to a study published online Dec. 25 in JAMA Psychiatry. Janet Cummings, PhD …
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Impulsive Personalities Prone to Food Addiction, Study Suggests
Impulsive Personalities Prone to Food Addiction, Study Suggests
But an increase in certain impulsive behaviors can lead to food addiction, which was a driving factor in the high body mass index exhibited by many of the participants in the study. Many of the commercially available food items in America, especially …
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Justin Bieber's Managers Urge Singer Into Therapy
NIDA, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains that holistic recovery programs help patients identify their triggers which lead to substance abuse, stop the abuse early, find alternatives to illegal substance use and develop a long term recovery …
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Why Obama Should Back Drug-Sentencing Reform in the State of the Union
The meeting ended, and my father deleted that portion of the speech, which famously announced the War on Poverty—but kept the drug provision in Johnson's legislative program. This led to controlled-substance and drug-addiction reform that passed with …
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Overdose Deaths From Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Southwestern … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement officials are scrambling to address the rapidly growing problem. “I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of … |
Peer-to-peer drug abuse program aids inmates in Denver County Jail – CorrectionsOne
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Peer-to-peer drug abuse program aids inmates in Denver County Jail
CorrectionsOne DENVER, Colo. — A substance abuse treatment program at the Denver County Jail has inmates holding each other accountable for their choices. Denver's county jail is among just a few in the country, and the only one in the state, to embrace the program, … |