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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"recreational drug use"”.
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The General Well-Being of Recreational Drug Users: A Sub-Analysis of the Drugnet Survey
Issues related to substance use/abuse and mental health are significant public health concerns. Substance abuse is considered an individual and community mental health problem. The relationship between substance use and positive mental well-being, however, is less well understood. The purpose of …
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Religiosity, Spirituality and Attendance at Religious Services among Recreational Drug Users: A Sub-Analysis of the Drugnet Survey
… ofthe previously collected cross-sectional DRUGNET survey data. The sample included 1,178 current users of illicit drugs and 389 former users. This study was delimited to U.S. citizens, aged 18 years and older, who completed the DRUGNET survey (n =1,567). DRUGNET was a descriptive online …
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Patterns of Cocaine Consumption: A Sub-Analysis of the Drugnet Survey
… myths and misconceptions that surround cocaine use lead to the over-estimation of the prevalence of cocaine addiction in society. Health education curricula and drug policy do not differentiate between cocaine use and abuse. This study describes the cocaine consumption patterns in a nonclinical, …
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The Relationship Between Drug Usage, Mental Well-Being and Felony Convictions Among a Sample of Adult Recreational Drug Users: Case-Control Analyses
… of many human activities. One of them is recreational drug use. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between drug usage, mental well-being and felony convictions among a sample of adult recreational drug users. The primary purpose of this analysis was to develop a set …
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The Effects Of The Dallas Independent School District Code Of Conduct On LGBTQ Young Adults Of Color
… relation to the DISD Code of Conduct. This study used a qualitative phenomenological method with data collected from purposeful sampling of six LGBTQ young adults of color who attended DISD high schools and were suspended and/or expelled due to the zero tolerance nature of the student code of …
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Behavioural and cellular basis of the vulnerability to develop compulsive heroin seeking habits
… the transition, in vulnerable individuals, from recreational drug use to compulsive drug seeking habits. Over the last decade clinical and preclinical studies have begun to shed light on the psychological and neural basis of the individual vulnerability to cocaine addiction, but despite the …
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Alien Sex Club: Educating audiences about continuing rates of HIV transmission using art and design
… availability of highly effective antiretroviral drugs. A resulting decrease in the perception of risk, leading to condom fatigue, unprotected sex and recreational drug use may be some of a number of factors that are contributing to the increase in transmissions. Despite changes in the cultural, …
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Assessment of the suitability of blood samples collected for toxicology for subsequent genetic analysis: A follow-up study after five years
Therapeutic and recreational drug use is a common occurrence across the world. However, substance use may sometimes result in adverse drug reactions and death even when typically non-fatal drug doses are administered. This phenomenon may be caused by variants in the genes encoding drug-metabolising …
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An Exploration of how the Social Supply and User-Dealer Supply of Illicit Drugs Differs to Conventional Notions of Drug Dealing and Consideration of the Consequences of this for Sentencing Policy
… concept of ‘social supply’ has emerged as a term used both in the UK, and internationally, to describe drug distribution that is non-commercially motivated and almost exclusively found between friends and acquaintances. Social suppliers have increasingly been presented as actors who are …
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The Physical Health and Healthcare of Autistic Adults
… risk; however, most of the existing research focuses heavily on the experiences of young adults. This thesis aims to broadly describe the experience of autistic individuals across the adult lifespan, including the areas of chronic disease comorbidity, lifestyle behaviors, identity, and …
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Salient Beliefs and Social Influence on Intentions to Misuse Prescription Opioid Pain Relieving Drugs for Recreational Purposes: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
… Behavior (TPB) in predicting intentions to use prescription opioid pain relieving drugs for recreational purposes among a sample of college students, while identifying salient beliefs that underlie recreational use in order to inform future intervention efforts among this population. …