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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Prescription Drug Abuse"”.
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Community Perceptions of Prescription Drug Abuse in Eastern Kentucky.
<p>Personal interviews exploring attitudes toward prescription drug abuse were completed by 17 residents over 18 years of age from Kentucky's Pike and Letcher counties. In respect to prescription drug abuse research nationwide, much research has been conducted in eastern Kentucky; however, there …
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America's Hidden and Ignored Drug Problem: Prescription Drug Abuse
… which started in the very late 1990's, is prescription drug abuse. This new epidemic not only affects the medical industry, but the criminal justice community as well. Further, in terms of prescription narcotics, primary research and media coverage into this topic revealed that numerous …
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Epidemiology of prescription drug abuse in Illinois high school students
Prescription drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions and trends indicate that the number of adolescents who abuse these drugs will continue to increase. Every adolescent appear to be at risk and this epidemic does not appear to be defined by known risk profiles for substance abuse. Nearly one …
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An Examination of Patterns and Trends of Prescription Drug Abuse Among Adolescents.
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine prescription drug abuse among the adolescent population and analyze factors that may contribute to or influence adolescent drug abuse. This study examined 3 waves of a secondary data set from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration …
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Norms, attitudes, perceptions, and intentions for benzodiazepine prescription drug abuse among adolescents
… behavioral intentions for benzodiazepine abuse. Subjective norms, perceived harm, and perceived behavioral control were measured to predict intentions to abuse such drugs. Similar measures for alcohol and marijuana also were assessed for comparison purposes. A survey was administered to …
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The Effect of Variability in Substance Abuse and Dependence Terminology on Physicians' Prescribing Decisions
Prescription drug abuse is a continuing problem in the United States. Educating physicians on issues related to prescription drug abuse is a key factor in preventing and treating this problem. High variability has been found in substance abuse terminology in the literature, textbooks, and …
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Junkballer
… and all its quirks. The pushover coaches, prescription drug abuse, kleptomaniac teammates, heat-stroke, and mosquitos the size of hummingbirds.</p>
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Identification Of Stimulant Misuse And Malingering Of Symptoms Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… reported overall lifetime prevalence of prescription drug abuse, and 16.7 million individuals reported misusing or abusing prescription drugs in the past year. This study focuses on the abuse of psychostimulants, popularly used for treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder …
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Analysis of Community-Based Accumulation of Home Medications (CACHES) Found at Death Scenes in Davidson County, Tennessee
… for adverse outcomes including: a) diversion of prescription medications by friends and family, b) pediatric poisonings, c) adverse drug events, d) increased criminal justice system costs related to prescription drug abuse, e) increased health care costs, and f) pollution of local water supplies …
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Essays on the provision and regulation of healthcare services
… In the second chapter I study the impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) on suicides. PDMPs aim to discourage prescription drug abuse and diversion by requiring pharmacies to report the names of both patients and prescribers to a central database when dispensing …
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Methamphetamine and amphetamine differentially affect associative learning: behavioral and neurobiological correlates
… cues become closely associated with the drug response. These strong associations are thought to contribute significantly to drug craving and promote the cycle of abuse by increasing susceptibility to relapse. One goal of the studies presented here was to model aspects of the addiction …