Marijuana as a Substitute for Prescription Medications: A Qualitative Study.

abstract：:Poor participation rates represent one of the most serious problems facing family-based drug-use prevention programs. Strategies involving incentives have been used to increase recruitment and retention of the target population of such interventions, but in Spain, such strategies for modifying behavior are unusual. Th...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Díaz SA,Pérez JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This mixed-methods study qualitatively (n = 13-convenience) explored contextual factors influencing decisions to drink responsibly, and quantitatively (n = 729-random) assessed the prevalence of these factors and whether they varied as a function of sex and binge-drinking status. Data were collected in 2007 among Texa...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Barry AE,Goodson P

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Drug abuse" provides many unique challenges to the research community. Some of these involve fundamental epidemiologic issues, such as measuring the extent of the problem, identifying and assessing changes in patterns and trends, detecting emerging "drugs of abuse", characterizing vulnerable populations and determini...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Kozel NJ,Robertson EB,Falkowski CL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco consumption is high amongst the people of Xxx. This study was carried out in 2011 in a rural community of Xxx, to compare pathological parameters associated with tobacco use in relation to nicotine metabolism between smokers, chewers, and a control group. A total of 216 volunteers provided blood and urine samp...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Pandey AS,Shreevastva NK,Neupane DP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood doping has been defined as the misuse of substances or certain techniques to optimize oxygen delivery to muscles with the aim to increase performance in sports activities. It includes blood transfusion, administration of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents or blood substitutes, and gene manipulations. The main rea...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Oliveira CD,Bairros AV,Yonamine M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Addiction severity has been associated with numerous social- and health-related harms. This study sought to examine the prevalence and correlates of high-intensity drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting with a focus on high-risk drug use practices and health service access. ME...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Phillips M,Richardson L,Wood E,Nguyen P,Kerr T,DeBeck K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Cannabis use is widely perceived to produce an "amotivational syndrome" characterized by reduced desire to work or compete, passivity, and lower achievement orientation. The notion that cannabis diminishes motivation has been perpetuated in popular culture, despite the equivocal results of past research. M...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Petrucci AS,LaFrance EM,Cuttler C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012 Washington State ended a wholesale/retail monopoly on liquor, permitting sale of spirits in stores with > 10,000 square feet. Implementation resulted in average price increases, but also five times the stores selling liquor. OBJECTIVES:As part of a privatization evaluation, we studied pre-post and b...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Greenfield TK,Williams E,Kerr WC,Subbaraman MS,Ye Y

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:investigate impulsivity levels and inhibitory control in women crack users and explore the relationships between impulsivity and inhibitory control. METHOD AND DESIGN:52 healthy women (M = 32.83 years; SD = 9.54) and 46 crack cocaine users (M = 31.02 years; SD = 7.73), in abstinence, performed the assessment...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Hess ARB,Menezes CB,de Almeida RMM

更新日期：2018-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent substance use is a significant public health concern due to its prevalence and associated negative consequences. Although many adolescents use substances, there is substantial heterogeneity in their use patterns. Identifying risk and protective factors that differentiate adolescents with different...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Su J,Supple AJ,Kuo SI

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are more prevalent among people who are homeless than in the general population. Thus, homeless individuals experience disproportionately high levels of alcohol-related problems and associated publicly funded criminal justice and healthcare system utilization. Available treatment...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Collins SE,Taylor E,Jones C,Haelsig L,Grazioli VS,Mackelprang JL,Holttum J,Koker M,Hatsukami A,Baker M,Clifasefi SL

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated social network factors associated with participation in overdose prevention training among injection drug users (IDUs). From 2008 to 2010, 106 IDUs who had witnessed an overdose in the past year from two syringe exchange programs in Los Angeles provided data on overdose prevention training status (trai...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Wagner KD,Iverson E,Wong CF,Bloom JJ,McNeeley M,Davidson PJ,McCarty C,Kral AH,Lankenau SE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Economics is the study of choice among alternatives under conditions of scarcity. Drug policy is manifestly an "economic" problem in the sense that these policies are developed under conditions of scarcity: there are not enough police, treatment facilities, and social services to solve the drug problem, however it is ...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Rasmussen DW,Benson BL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior research has shown that ongoing drug use inhibits the commonly reported maturing out of crime process and that ongoing crime inhibits the commonly reported maturing out of drug use process. OBJECTIVES:To test the predictive efficacy of drug use for crime deceleration and of crime for drug deceleration...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Walters GD

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND AIM:Substance abuse exacts considerable social and health care burdens throughout the world. The aim of this study was to create a prediction model to better identify risk factors for drug use. DESIGN AND METHODS:A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in South Khorasan Province, Iran. Of th...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Amirabadizadeh A,Nezami H,Vaughn MG,Nakhaee S,Mehrpour O

更新日期：2018-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an ecological paradigm and multilevel analytic techniques to analyze gender-specific relationships of cohabitation (versus marriage) to drinking in 19 countries (n = 32,922) and to "heavy episodic drinking" (HED) in 17 countries (n = 24,525) in surveys (1996-2004) from Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An Internat...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Li Q,Wilsnack R,Wilsnack S,Kristjanson A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While marijuana and cocaine are the two most prevalent drugs used among arrestee populations, benzodiazepine use has surpassed that of opiates in several jurisdictions across the United States. Despite this proliferation, few scholarly works have focused on benzodiazepine use among individuals under criminal justice s...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Yacoubian GS Jr

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many indigenous cultures use storytelling as the foundation for the transmission of important cultural information. Stories passed down from generation to generation sometimes teach, record history, provide examples, or inform. One important function of storytelling is the transmission of stories about cultural resili...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Johnson JL,Beamer K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses ways in which randomized controlled trials do not accurately measure the impact of HIV behavioral interventions. This is because: 1. Such trials measure the wrong outcomes. Behavior change may have little to do with changes in HIV incidence since behavior change in events between HIV-concordant ...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Friedman SR,Perlman DC,Ompad DC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the impact of a needle exchange policy change on community health. Data were collected from a needle exchange program in Eureka, California, for clients who participated in the program between the weeks (n = 112) of January 1, 2002, and February 28, 2004. Analysis was done using an autoregressi...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Tomolillo CM,Crothers LJ,Aberson CL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little research has been conducted on the drug use of those who sleep rough (on the streets) in the United Kingdom (UK). During 2000, to fill in the gaps in the knowledge base, researchers at the National Addiction Centre, London, carried out a community survey using a structured questionnaire amongst 389 homeless peo...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Fountain J,Howes S,Strang J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of "forbidden fruit" has been popularly associated with adolescent cigarette smoking in the US. However, only a few empirical studies have been conducted to investigate how this construct operates among adolescents. We examined the concurrent and prospective relationships between two related concepts of fo...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Sussman S,Grana R,Pokhrel P,Rohrbach LA,Sun P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a number of recent evaluations demonstrating the effectiveness of "drug court" programs for reducing both substance abuse and criminal behavior, some authors have recently called for more thorough process evaluations (inside the "black box" of treatment) of these programs. Specifically, this article describes ...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Bouffard JA,Smith S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Use of alcohol or benzodiazepines with opioid pain-relievers increases risk of overdose and overdose death. A substantial proportion of adults receives an opioid prescription each year, and a number of these adults also use benzodiazepines or alcohol. As public opinion continues to shape public policy, it ...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Ellis JD,Resko SM,Kollin R,Lister JJ,Agius E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harm reduction is explored, historically, in terms of ideologies, concepts, processes, types, stakeholders, legal, policy, service delivery, and ethical considerations and their micro and macro consequences. Necessary critical conditions underpinning ideologies and programs throughout their life cycle are examined, as...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Einstein S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, the medicinal misuse of trihexyphenidyl (Artane) has been observed among several segments of society. The present study was conducted in the city of São Paulo during 2002 to characterize this abuse. A sample of 21 users and 16 ex-users was interviewed using qualitative methodology; the subjects were single,...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Nappo SA,de Oliveira LG,Sanchez Zv,Carlini Ede A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A positive-deviance control-case life history study of injection drug users (IDUs) in New York City who had injected drugs for 8-15 years compared 21 IDUs who were antibody negative for both HIV and hepatitis C with 3 infected with both viruses and 11 infected with hepatitis C virus but not HIV. Eligible subjects were...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Friedman SR,Sandoval M,Mateu-Gelabert P,Meylakhs P,Des Jarlais DC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study confirms a strong link between childhood abuse history and substance misuse based upon data obtained from an ethnically diverse (largely Alaska Native) sample of 192 pregnant women in substance misuse treatment in the mid-1990s. Nearly three-quarters of the women reported childhood victimization. Compared t...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Brems C,Namyniuk L

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The misuse of stimulant medications, commonly used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is a concern on college campuses. OBJECTIVE:This study sought to examine the relations between the misuse of stimulant medications and symptoms of depression and ADHD. METHOD:Eight hundr...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Benson K,Flory K

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Although the rapid increase in opioid use disorders (OUD) and concurrent increase in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States is well-documented, little is known about HCV testing among high-risk populations. We examine patterns of HCV testing across OUD treatment settings for individuals with OUD in Ne...

journal_title：Substance use & misuse

authors： Choi S,Healy S,Shapoval L,Forthal S,Neighbors CJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00