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The availability and portrayal of stimulants over the Internet (2008)

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Journal of Adolescent Health 2008 May;42(5):458-65.

Schepis TS, Marlowe DB, Forman RF.

PURPOSE: To quantify the online availability and portrayal of amphetamine-class prescription stimulants with a focus on those medications commonly prescribed to and abused by adolescents.

METHOD:...

See also Stimulants in general Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

20-08-2009
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A structured review of reasons for ecstasy use and related behaviours: pointers for future research (2009)

BMC Public Health 2009 Jul 13;9:230

Peters GJ, Kok G.

BACKGROUND: While the health risks of using ecstasy warrant intervention development, a recent meta-analysis of determinants of ecstasy use identified a number of lacunae in the literature. Specifically, no studies were included that...

See also Ecstasy (MDMA, MDEA, MDA) Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

20-08-2009
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Keywords: mdma mdma-use

Thèsaurus des intéractions médicamenteuses AFFSAPS 2009.

Article en français!

Document regroupant les intéractions entre les principaux medicaments distribués en France.

Document about interactions between the most wide-spread french medicines.

Submitted by Guigz

10-08-2009
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Keywords: french interactions medicines thesaurus affsaps

Cocaine and opioid use during pregnancy: prevalence and management (2008)

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Bhuvaneswar CG, Chang G, Epstein LA, Stern TA

Looks at epidemiology, effects of cocaine and opiates on the foetus and mother and psychological aspects of substance use during pregnancy

See also Opium, Opiate & Opioids Documents Cocaine & Crack Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

09-07-2009
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Sex-gender differences in drug abuse: a shift in the burden of proof?

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2007 Oct;15(5):411-7

Wetherington CL

In the early years of NIDA-supported drug abuse research, much of the research on women was treatment related and conducted out of concern for their pregnancy status. Since then, drug abuse research on women...

Submitted by Jatelka

05-07-2009
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Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users

Essentially the journal article “Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users” attempts to quantify and explore the relationship between personality and drug use. Certain personality traits are considered to put an individual at risk for drug use, and alternatively, certain psychoactive...

Submitted by sweettea

17-06-2009
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Heroin use among female adolescents: the role of partner influence in path of initiation and route of administration (2004)

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2004;30(1):21-38

Eaves CS

This study examined heroin initiation and route of administration among 16 female adolescents in the greater Baltimore Metropolitan area. Participants were more than twice as likely to be introduced to heroin by a male...

See also Heroin Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

16-05-2009
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Do adolescent ecstasy users have different attitudes towards drugs when compared to marijuana users? (2008)

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2008 Apr 1;94(1-3):63-72

Martins SS, Storr CL, Alexandre PK, Chilcoat HD.

BACKGROUND: Perceived risk and attitudes about the consequences of drug use, perceptions of others expectations and self-efficacy influence the intent to try drugs and continue drug use...

See also Cannabis Documents Ecstasy (MDMA, MDEA, MDA) Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

16-05-2009
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Adolescents' motivations to abuse prescription medications (2006)

Paediatrics 2006 Dec;118(6):2472-80.

Boyd CJ, McCabe SE, Cranford JA, Young A.

OBJECTIVES: Our goals were to (1) determine adolescents' motivations (reasons) for engaging in the nonmedical (illicit) use of 4 classes of prescription medications and (2) examine whether motivations were...

Submitted by Jatelka

06-05-2009
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Relief oriented use of marijuana by teens (2009)

Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy 2009 Apr 23;4(1):7. [Epub ahead of print]

Bottorff JL, Johnson JL, Moffat BM, Mulvogue T.

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND: There are indications that marijuana is increasingly used to alleviate symptoms and for the treatment of a variety of medical...

See also Cannabis Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

06-05-2009
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MAOI Diet

MAOI Diet from Erowid. Outlines foods to avoid when consuming MAOI-A's such as Syrian Rue or B. Caapi.

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Submitted by Richi

29-04-2009
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ecstasy and other club drugs- a review of recent epidemiologic studies (2008)

Purpose of review
This review highlights the epidemiologic research on club drug use in the past year, with
a focus on clinical epidemiology, social epidemiology, new methodological approaches,
and alternative explanations for drug use behaviors.
Recent findings
Although...

See also Ecstasy (MDMA, MDEA, MDA) Documents

Submitted by Synchronium

12-04-2009
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Gender differences in the correlates of adolescents' cannabis use (2008)

Substance Use and Misuse 2008;43(10):1438-63

Tu AW, Ratner PA, Johnson JL.

Adolescents' gender-specific cannabis use rates and their correlates were examined. Data were obtained via a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2004 in British Columbia, Canada, funded by the Canadian Institutes of...

See also Cannabis Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

02-03-2009
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Intoxicated Driving

Motor vehicles are the most common form of transportation in the US and the greatest cause of accidental death in this
country. Many factors contribute to motor vehicle accidents including highway and vehicle design, traffic density, and
driver error due to experience and skill. However, the...

See also Drug Policy Debate Documents Law Documents Alcohol Addiction Documents

Submitted by Jasim

12-02-2009
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Decision making as a predictor of first ecstasy use: a prospective study (2008)

Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2008 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Schilt T, Goudriaan AE, Koeter MW, van den Brink W, Schmand B.

RATIONALE: Ecstasy (+/-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a widely used recreational drug that may damage the serotonin system and may entail neuropsychological...

See also Ecstasy (MDMA, MDEA, MDA) Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

23-01-2009
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Charas & Chillums

Charas & Chillums, Info, Knowledge and know-how.
From Spiritual Beings.

Enjoy!

See also Cannabis Documents

Submitted by pyroarchy

19-01-2009
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Careers in ecstasy use: do ecstasy users cease of their own accord? Implications for intervention development (2008)

BMC Public Health 2008 Oct 28;8:376

Peters GJ, Kok G, Schaalma HP.

BACKGROUND: Ecstasy (MDMA, 3, 4-methylenodioxymethamphetamine) use is widespread in the Netherlands, with a lifetime prevalence of 4.3%, and two-thirds of dance party visitors being ecstasy users. However, research into...

See also Ecstasy (MDMA, MDEA, MDA) Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

15-01-2009
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Drug-related mortality in young people

ABSTRACT - Mortality in young drug users in Gothenburg was
studied, by following up, for about a decade, two unselected groups
(ninth grade pupils and military conscripts), and selected groups of
abusers from the files of the health and social welfare authorities.
In the unselected groups,...

Submitted by Quantum Dude

12-01-2009
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Correlates of Nonmedical Use of Hydromorphone and Hydrocodone: Results from a National Household Survey

ABSTRACT. Over the past decade, the misuse and abuse of opioid medications in the United
States has risen dramatically. Although data show a substantial variation in the nonmedical use of
individual opioids, relatively little is known about risk factors for the nonmedical use of specific
opioid...

See also Opiate Addiction Documents

Submitted by Quantum Dude

12-01-2009
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Ganja Etiquette

Ganja Etiquette
Someone wrote a etiquette guide to the smoking of Marijuana.

Enjoy!

See also Cannabis Documents

Submitted by pyroarchy

01-01-2009
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Cross-generational effects on gender differences in psychoactive drug abuse and dependence (2004)

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2004 May 10;74(2):147-58

Holdcraft LC, Iacono WG

BACKGROUND: Studies of patients with cocaine and heroin use disorders have shown gender differences in prevalence, course, and outcome. These differences may be decreasing in successive generations. Less is known...

Submitted by Jatelka

12-12-2008
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Assessing illicit drugs in wastewater. EMCDDA

Assessing illicit drugs in wastewater
EMCDDA, Lisbon, December 2008

Publication type: Insights

Summary: This report presents a number of contributions that relate to analysing communal wastewaters...

Submitted by Alfa

09-12-2008
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Keywords: emcdda

Is it time to revisit the role of psychedelic drugs in enhancing human creativity? (2008)

Journal of Psychopharmacology 2008 Nov;22(8):821-7

Ben Sessa

Human creativity is difficult to define and measure, but it is undoubtedly an important cognitive process. This makes it an interesting challenge for modern neuroscientific exploration - especially given the current interest in...

Submitted by Jatelka

29-11-2008
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Are psychedelic drug treatments seeing a comeback in psychiatry? (2008)

Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry 5

B Sessa

After a hiatus of nearly 40 years, psychedelic drugs (or hallucinogens) are being increasingly researched as possible adjuncts fortreatment resitant anxiety disorders and addictions. This research offers an exciting future for this class of...

See also Hallucinogens in general Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

17-11-2008
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Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users(2008)

Terracciano,Antonio ,Löckenhoff,Corinna E, Crum,Rosa M2, Bienvenu,O Joseph and Costa Jr, Paul T
BMC Psychiatry 2008, 8:22

Abstract

Background: Personality traits are considered risk factors for drug use, and, in turn, the psychoactive substances impact individuals' traits. Furthermore,...

Submitted by MiMoMo

16-11-2008
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Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans Than Illegal Drugs

Article reporting how prescription drug related deaths have surpassed deaths caused by illegal drugs.

Submitted by frenchywife

14-11-2008
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Personality and Drugs of Choice (2008)

Personality and Individual Differences 44 (2008) 1413 - 1421

Hopwood CJ, Baker KL, Morey LC

Submitted by Jatelka

11-11-2008
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Are we becoming more alike? Comparison of substance use in Australia and the United States as seen in the 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004 national household surveys

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 27, Issue 5 September 2008 , pages 473 - 481

Jane Carlisle Maxwell

Abstract
Introduction. This paper reports the results of the 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004 Australian and US household surveys, with emphasis on changes since 2001. Design and Methods. The US...

Submitted by ThirdEyeFloond

09-11-2008
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Keywords: alcohol drug-use tobacco

Hallucinogenic Drugs: A Perspective with Special Reference to Cannabis and Peyote

An old paper published by the RAND corporation in the 1960s by William McGlothlin.

See also Hallucinogens in general Documents

Submitted by Euphoric

07-11-2008
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Keywords: peyote native marijuana cannabis

The potential impact of the baby-boom generation on substance abuse among elderly persons (1999)

Psychiatric Services 1999 Sep;50(9):1184-8

Patterson TL, Jeste DV

Little attention has been paid to substance use disorders in the elderly population. Currently available diagnostic criteria are likely to significantly underestimate the prevalence of substance abuse among elderly persons...

Submitted by Jatelka

03-11-2008
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Prevalence of illicit drug use in plasmapheresis donors (2003)

Vox Sanguinis 2003 Feb;84(2):91-5

Peters FT, Maurer HH, Hellstern P.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: No data are presently available concerning the frequency of illicit drug use in plasmapheresis donors. We therefore examined source plasma units produced in the United States (US) and in Germany...

Submitted by Jatelka

31-10-2008
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Chronic depersonalization following illicit drug use: a controlled analysis of 40 cases (2003)

Addiction 2003 Dec;98(12):1731-6

Medford N, Baker D, Hunter E, Sierra M, Lawrence E, Phillips ML, David AS.

AIMS: To examine demographic and clinical features of a group of patients reporting chronic depersonalization (DP) following illicit drug use, and to assess whether depersonalization...

Submitted by Jatelka

31-10-2008
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The Phenomenology of the Psychotic Break and Huxley's Trip: Substance Use and the Onset of Psychosis

Nelson, B, & Sass, LA. (2008). The Phenomenology of the Psychotic Break and Huxley's Trip: Substance Use and the Onset of Psychosis. Psychopathology. 41(6):346-355.

We discuss the implications of this for the causal relationship between psychosis and substance use and suggest several ways of...

Submitted by Bajeda

17-10-2008
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Keywords: psychopathology psychosis psychotic-break

Enigma of drug-induced altered states of consciousness among the !kung bushmen of the kalahari desert

Dobkin De Rios, Marlene. (1986). Enigma of drug-induced altered states of consciousness among the !kung bushmen of the kalahari desert. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 15(3): 297-304.

This article examines data presented in Katz' book, Boiling Energy: Community Healing among the Kalahari Kung,...

Submitted by Bajeda

16-10-2008
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The role of self-consciousness in the experience of alcohol-related consequences among college students (2008)

Addictive Behaviours 2008 Jun;33(6):812-20

LaBrie J, Pedersen ER, Neighbors C, Hummer JF.

Heavy drinking among college students is a well-established national concern. An in-depth look at the characteristics and traits of heavy drinking students is an essential precursor to the development...

See also Alcohol Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

15-10-2008
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Association between illicit drug and alcohol use and first manic episode (2007)

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 2007 Feb;86(2):395-400

Frank E, Boland E, Novick DM, Bizzarri JV, Rucci P.

In light of the established influence of substance use on the onset, course, and outcome of bipolar disorder, we performed a retrospective chart review of patients with bipolar...

Submitted by Jatelka

30-09-2008
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Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2007

Information on drug misuse among adults and children

Looks at:

Prevalence of, and types of drugs used
Trends over recent years
Patterns of drug use among different groups, including those classed as "vulnerable"
Comparisons with other European countries
Links between drugs and crime...

Submitted by Jatelka

30-09-2008
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Patterns of drug distribution: implications and issues (2003)

Substance Use and Misuse 2003 Sep-Nov;38(11-13):1789-806

Johnson BD.

This article delineates various patterns of illicit sales of drugs, especially at the retail (and near-retail) level, addressing a variety of central issues about drug sales and distribution documented during the past 30...

Submitted by Jatelka

30-09-2008
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"Research chemicals": tryptamine and phenethylamine use among high-risk youth (2008)

Substance Use and Misuse 2008;43(3-4):389-402

Sanders B, Lankenau SE, Bloom JJ, Hathazi D.

Tryptamines and phenethylamines are two broad categories of psychoactive substances with a long history of licit and illicit use. Profiles of users of recently emerging tryptamines and phenethylamines...

See also Research Chemicals Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

19-09-2008
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Correlates of cannabis initiation in a longitudinal sample of young women: the importance of peer influences (2007)

Preventative Medicine 2007 Jul;45(1):31-4

Agrawal A, Lynskey MT, Bucholz KK, Madden PA, Heath AC.

OBJECTIVE: Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in developed nations. In adolescent girls especially, rates of cannabis use have increased over the last decade, urging the need to...

See also Cannabis Documents

Submitted by Jatelka

18-09-2008
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