... those of a drug addict To be addicted or attached to television is to abuse it, that is, one feels compelled to have the television on In other words one becomes a kind of a slave to it and may ... it unbearable not to have the set on, One great abuse if television is how it is used by advertisers It is of enormous benefit to both advertisers and television station to have advertisement on ... switch on the television He used to watch the television a lot but now he just switches on the set and does something else I have on occasions switched off the set because no one was watching it...
... profile of alcohol useandabuse of the training conscripts, firstly because the Navy is responsible for the conscripts' health while they are in service, and secondly because the conscripts ... responsible and demanding positions It is also known that the period of obligatory military service is a high stress one and alcohol abuseand stress are related to violence, suicidality and self ... alcohol use Problematic alcohol use is considered to be a predictor for future alcohol abuse and/ or addiction problems The consequence of "problematic use" is gradual habituation on pathological use...
... their serum and plasma to be used for research and development Regulatory and quality assurance agencies Both the industry and diagnostic laboratories have access to and utilize a set of standardized ... kit useand application Principal Problem Recommendations Manufacturer Variable reagents and analytes Standardized or common sources of reagents and analytes Variable secondary antibodies Standardized ... serum samples used to validate and develop performance characteristics (cutoff points, upper, middle and lower levels), and the stability of the final product The certification and regulatory...
... injection druguse Patterns and trends of HAART use The longitudinal trends in the use of HAART by class of drug are depicted in Figure Both individuals with and without a history of injection druguse ... of injection druguse Second, we refined the analysis to compare individuals reporting current and former injection druguse with those never reporting a history of injection druguse Results ... effects and toxicities, need for substance abuse treatment, and the presence of treatment complicating drug interactions." [18] Previous studies suggest that a history of injection druguse may...
... survey on poly -drug abuse in intravenous drug users in Guangdong Province South China Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004, 30:8-11 Lu L, Fang Y, Wang X: Drugabuse in China: Past, Present and Future ... S, Shao Y: Impact of methadone on druguseand risky sex in China J Subst Abuse Treat 2008, 34(4):391-397 Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations: 2008 World Drug Report 2008, 1-310 [http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/ ... Narcotics”, the main purpose of the compulsory and voluntary detoxification is to reduce demands for drug use, drug related crimes, and injection drug use, which are designed to eventually reduce...
... aged 25 and older who used illegal drugs for ≥ 10 years and heroin for ≥ years [29] Other limitations related to OST in prisons include a deficiency of psychological and social support for drug- using ... prisoner-centred and non-prisoner-centred outcomes Positive prisoner-centred outcomes associated with OST include reduced rates of drugabuseand infectious diseases Prisoners receiving MMT have shown less druginjecting ... project: a randomised controlled trial comparing dihydrocodeine and buprenorphine for opiate detoxification Subst Abuse Treatment Prev Policy 2009, 4:1 33 Stöver H: Drug substitution treatment and needle...
... equipment and/ or drug- related unprotected sex, as was found in the rapid assessment of druguseand sexual HIV risk patterns among vulnerable drugusing populations in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria ... [4] While there is international evidence on and experience with adequate responses, limited responses addressing druguseand drug- use- related HIV and other health risks are witnessed in South ... needed for users and professionals alike, such as information programmes and brochures (for users and service providers), training (for professionals), counseling, and peer support and education...
... Organisation, and therefore ICUs should use the DDD to make national and international comparisons of their antibiotic use Conclusions Disturbingly, ICUs have little in reserve to control multidrug resistance ... antimicrobial drug consumption and alcohol-based hand rub use on the emergence Meyer et al Critical Care 2010, 14:R113 http://ccforum.com/content/14/3/R113 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 and spread ... outpatient setting in Germany; outpatient antibiotic use accounts for 85% of total antibiotic use [34] Furthermore, use of quinolones in therapy and prophylaxis, especially in commercial poultry...
... (skin, vaginal, eye and ear) and inhaled aerosol treatments separately Finally it is necessary to differentiate drugs and pregnancy supplements within medicinal products Drugs are used for the treatment ... products causes several hazards First, many pregnant women not get the necessary drug treatment and it results in serious consequences both for the mothers and their fetuses If influenza [38] and other ... antifever drugs may exceed the CA risk caused by all human teratogenic drugs Thus, a better balance is needed between the risk and benefit of drug treatments during pregnancy General conclusions The use...
... injection drug users: Development and evaluation of the Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale Substance Use & Misuse 2003, 38:965-992 APA, AERA, NCME: Standards for educational and psychological ... measure for use with injecting drug users AIDS 1996, 10:1699-1705 Dalgard O, Egeland A, Skaug K, Vilimas K, Steen T: Health-related quality of life in active injecting drug users with and without ... functioning and well being of persons who seek treatment for drugand alcohol use Journal of Substance Abuse 1998, 10:75-84 Carretero MD, Burgess AP, Soler P, Soler M, Catalan J: Reliability and validity...
... heroin, at levels that are associated with both short- and long-term harm Problem druguse therefore includes drug- affected states, drugabuseanddrug dependence The aim was to get consensus between ... sections and number of items Section Number of items Understanding problem druguse 13 Recognising problem druguse Approaching the person about their problem druguse 68 Information and support ... or exacerbated by druguse (e.g making excuses or lying to others to protect the drug user) [21,22] These occur as a way of coping with the drugabuse when the person refuses to change their behaviour...
... US$3) Questionnaire and Measures of DrugUse Questionnaires asked participants about their drug use, sexual practices, networks, norms and time use Data on time useanddruguse at specific times, ... among injecting drug users (IDUs), other drug users, and non-users We use the data to explore whether, following “Big Events” that took place: The number of IDUs increased Druguse increased among ... time use through which crises and transitions can affect time useanddruguse should be conducted Second, time use methods should be more widely applied in studies of HIV risk and studies of drug...
... Preparation and Service Related Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Personal Care and Service Sales and Related Office and Administrative Support Farming, Fishing and Forestry Construction and ... Architecture and Engineering Life, Physical, and Social Science Community and Social Service Legal Education, Training and Library Arts, Design, Entertainment Sports and Media Healthcare Practitioner and ... results on drug use, 1975–2006 Volume I: Secondary school students :699 [http://www.moni toringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/vol1_2006.pdf] Bethesda, MD: National Institute on DrugAbuse (NIH Publication...
... Africa: Strategies used to address drug- related HIV (and Hepatitis C) Alcohol andDrugAbuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council 2008 [http://www.sahealthinfo.org/admodule/drugreport.pdf] http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/6/1/24 ... epidemiology of injecting druguseand HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review Lancet 2008, 372:1733-1745 UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2008 World Drug Report [http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?pre ... M: The Injecting DrugUseand HIV/AIDS Nexus in the Republic of Mauritius Afr J Drug Alcohol Stud 2006, 5(2):108-116 Needle R, Kroeger K, Belani H, Hegle J: Substance abuseand HIV in sub-Saharan...
... individuals who abuse drugs tend to be younger, and the drugs tend to be more potent and riskier than they were when Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union Drugabuse appears to start with the use of ... behaviors and non-IDU risky drugand or alcohol use They should be provided with condoms, HIV prevention education, risk reduction skills, and information about the use of drugs and alcohol and practicing ... injecting, and factors that are likely to hinder or enable the development of interventions The DrugUse Assessment focuses on the nature and extent of druguse – who is injecting drugs and where...
... on Drug Abuse, Narcotics Control Division A-NFGoP: DrugAbuse in Pakistan Results from the year 2000 National Assessment New York , United Nations; 2002 United Nations Office for Drug Control and ... HIV and HCV seropositivity among drug users in Pakistan Also, generalizability of these results to other drug users in Pakistan is unclear, especially given the different patterns of druguse ... HIV and HCV seropositivity included: 1) druguse behaviors, such as the frequency and duration of injection druguseand sharing syringes; 2) medical and other percutaneous exposures, such as...
... Norway (the Young-HUNT study) Subst Use Misuse 2010, 45:253-265 38 Osler M, Nordentoft M, Andersen AM: Childhood social environment and risk of drugand alcohol abuse in a cohort of Danish men born ... between physical symptoms and increasing alcohol and substance abuse The complex causal relationships between behaviour, health problems and substance initiation anduse in adolescence, need to ... alcohol useand initiation of drug use, as expected [17,19] Conduct problems in early adolescence also appeared to be a major contributor to increased risk for both frequent drinking anddrug use...
... likely caused by the students misunderstand between regret and wish in the present and the past II.2.8 Errors in the Use of the Past Subjunctive in “Wish” sentences The errors linked with the use ... administration, and delivery of the survey, and the methods of data analysis Section II.2 points out the subjects‟ common errors and their possible causes Section II.3 provides studentsand teachers ... to be used like a pair of glasses And when it‟s used at the right time, it can bring the world into sharp focus And when it‟s used at the wrong time, it can make things incredibly blurry And this...