ecstasy is one of the newest drugs in the same category with amphetamines which has stimulating effects in the same families of amphetamines and lsd. there hasn't been a structured and organized study on this drug in iran. it has been used in great scale in all western countries. studies at san francisco and australia with snowballing method, revealed that this drug is used by active young...

conclusions premedication with clonidine to decrease intraoperative blood loss can be more effective in patients with opium addiction than the ones without addiction. results intraoperative blood loss in clonidine recipient groups, patients with and without addiction, was less than that of the placebos (both p values < 0.01) and the difference magnitude was higher in patients with opium addicti...

In 1996, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation provided additional funding to enable the Health Care Reform Tracking Project to explore more fully: 1) the impact of state managed care reforms on children and families served by the child welfare system who need mental health and substance abuse services, and 2) the impact of managed care reforms in public child welfare systems on children with...

form of high rates of oppositional defiant aggression and noncompliance, is predictive of substance abuse, depression, juvenile delinquency, antisocial behavior, and violence in adolescence and adulthood (Loeber, 1985). People with histories of chronic aggression beginning in childhood are more likely than others to commit murder, rape, robbery, arson, and driving under the influence (DUI) offe...

conclusions lower agreeableness, decreased conscientiousness, higher neuroticism, diminished openness, low socio-economic status, and male sex might make university students more inclined to substance abuse. thus, it is reasonable to show the importance of these factors in tailored prevention programs. results being male sex and neuroticism had a significant positive role in predicting positive...

Substance use in the home is an issue that has impacted society a variety of ways. There are parents who abuse various types substances like opioids, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and tobacco. These drugs have very devastating effects on family members. Children raised homes where one or both often introduced to eventually become dependent them later life. Many these children neglected poorly tr...

The Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse recently estimated the annual cost of substance abuse in Canada to be nearly 40 billion dollars. The estimation does not contain comprehensive economic consequences of prenatal exposure to tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use. Although many studies have estimated the cost attributable to prenatal substance exposure in specific populations and age groups...

Substance abuse, namely alcohol has been one of the primary concerns governments and public health professionals across globe. Abuse, whether physical, emotional, or social, is a worldwide epidemic that can be defined as intentional infliction misery on another individual. To accomplish this objective, systematic review methodology was employed. The type used rapid review, which draws new concl...