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Memory impairment induced by amphetamine derivatives in laboratory animals and in humans: a review.

Biomolecular concepts

Camarasa J, Rodrigo T, Pubill D, Escubedo E.
PMID: 25436520
Biomol Concepts. 2012 Feb;3(1):1-12. doi: 10.1515/bmc.2011.048.

Abstract The 20th century brought with it the so-called club drugs (the most notorious being amphetamine derivatives), which are used by young adults at all-night dance parties. Methamphet-amine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) are synthetic drugs with stimulant and...

Antecedents of adolescent initiation into stages of drug use: A developmental analysis.

Journal of youth and adolescence

Kandel DB, Kessler RC, Margulies RZ.
PMID: 24408719
J Youth Adolesc. 1978 Mar;7(1):13-40. doi: 10.1007/BF01538684.

The social psychological antecedents of entry into three sequential stages of adolescent drug use, hard liquor, marihuana, and other illicit drugs, are examined in a cohort of high school students in which the population at risk for initiation into...

Enantiomeric Profiling of Chiral Pharmacologically Active Compounds in the Environment with the Usage of Chiral Liquid Chromatography 
Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

Current analytical chemistry

Camacho-Muñoz D, Petrie B, Castrignanò E, Kasprzyk-Hordern B.
PMID: 27713682
Curr Anal Chem. 2016 Aug;12(4):303-314. doi: 10.2174/1573411012666151009195039.

The issue of drug chirality is attracting increasing attention among the scientific community. The phenomenon of chirality has been overlooked in environmental research (environmental occurrence, fate and toxicity) despite the great impact that chiral pharmacologically active compounds (cPACs) can...

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Illicit Drug Use Compared to Biological and Self-Reported Methods.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Linas BS, Genz A, Westergaard RP, Chang LW, Bollinger RC, Latkin C, Kirk GD.
PMID: 26980400
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2016 Mar 15;4(1):e27. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4470.

BACKGROUND: The use of mHealth methods for capturing illicit drug use and associated behaviors have become more widely used in research settings, yet there is little research as to how valid these methods are compared to known measures of...

An Increasing Trend of Illicit Drug use among Romanian University Students from 1999 to 2011.

Zdravstveno varstvo

Lotrean LM, Santillan EA, Thrasher J, Laza V.
PMID: 27647089
Zdr Varst. 2015 Dec 16;55(1):53-8. doi: 10.1515/sjph-2016-0008. eCollection 2016 Mar.

AIM: The present study investigates the evolution of illicit drug use among Romanian university students from 1999 to 2011.METHODS: The study was performed in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in three phases: in 1999 (T1), in 2003 (T2) and in 2011 (T3)....

Preferences for Treatment Setting by Substance Users in India.

Indian journal of psychological medicine

Dhawan A, Chopra A, Ray R.
PMID: 27011401
Indian J Psychol Med. 2016 Jan-Feb;38(1):42-5. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.175105.

BACKGROUND: Drug and alcohol use is a growing public health concern for India. Treatment services delivery for substance use disorders is available through three sectors viz. Government (GO) centres under Ministry of Health and FW, Non-Government (NGO) under Ministry...

Probe Heating Method for the Analysis of Solid Samples Using a Portable Mass Spectrometer.

Mass spectrometry (Tokyo, Japan)

Kumano S, Sugiyama M, Yamada M, Nishimura K, Hasegawa H, Morokuma H, Inoue H, Hashimoto Y.
PMID: 26819909
Mass Spectrom (Tokyo). 2015;4(1):A0038. doi: 10.5702/massspectrometry.A0038. Epub 2015 Apr 25.

We previously reported on the development of a portable mass spectrometer for the onsite screening of illicit drugs, but our previous sampling system could only be used for liquid samples. In this study, we report on an attempt to...

A survey of substance use for cognitive enhancement by university students in the Netherlands.

Frontiers in systems neuroscience

Schelle KJ, Olthof BM, Reintjes W, Bundt C, Gusman-Vermeer J, van Mil AC.
PMID: 25741248
Front Syst Neurosci. 2015 Feb 17;9:10. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00010. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Pharmacological cognitive enhancement, using chemicals to change cellular processes in the brain in order to enhance one's cognitive capacities, is an often discussed phenomenon. The prevalence among Dutch university students is unknown.METHODS: The study set out to achieve...

Objective color classification of ecstasy tablets by hyperspectral imaging.

Journal of forensic sciences

Edelman G, Lopatka M, Aalders M.
PMID: 23683098
J Forensic Sci. 2013 Jul;58(4):881-6. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12153. Epub 2013 May 17.

The general procedure followed in the examination of ecstasy tablets for profiling purposes includes a color description, which depends highly on the observers' perception. This study aims to provide objective quantitative color information using visible hyperspectral imaging. Both self-manufactured...

Immunoassays for drug screening in urine : Chances, challenges, and pitfalls.

Forensic science, medicine, and pathology

Schütz H, Paine A, Erdmann F, Weiler G, Verhoff MA.
PMID: 25868585
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2006 Jun;2(2):75-83. doi: 10.1385/FSMP:2:2:75.

Immunoassays are presently used worldwide for the rapid screening of drugs. Despite the fact that they are a highly valuable tool for the testing of legal and illicit drugs, there is a real risk of false-positive and false-negative findings...

Effects of Evaluative Context in Implicit Cognitions Associated with Alcohol and Violent Behaviors.

Addictive behaviors reports

Obasi EM, Cavanagh L, Pittman DM, Brooks JJ.
PMID: 27175442
Addict Behav Rep. 2016 Jun;3:48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2016.04.003.

INTRODUCTION: A large body of literature has substantiated the relationship between alcohol use and violent behaviors, but little consideration has been given to implicit interactions between the two. This study examines the implicit attitudes associated with alcoholic drinks and...

Drugnet: A Pilot Study of Adult Recreational Drug Use via the WWW.

Substance abuse

Nicholson T, White J, Duncan D.
PMID: 12511811
Subst Abus. 1998 Sep;19(3):109-121. doi: 10.1080/08897079809511380.

This study was intended (1) to explore the potential of using the World Wide Web (WWW) of the Internet to sample hidden populations and (2) to collect exploratory data on the hidden population of nonabusive, recreational users of illicit...

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