These medical diseases are frequently considered chronic medical conditions, and are included in either the validated Katz chronic disease comorbidity questionnaire 15 or the Hierarchical Condition Category system and obstructive sleep apnea, which is recognized as one of the most prevalent chronic respiratory disorders and therefore included in our analysis. Medical multi-morbidity is defined in […]
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Research encompassing broader definitions of sexual risk behavior would be informative
Analyses proceeded in three stages. First, at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months follow-up, the percent of participants at risk, and the identified preaction stage for those at risk, were determined for each HRB. Second, LCA was employed to discern the common patterns of HRBs at each time point. Third, LTA was used to […]
The criminalization of cocaine has greatly contributed to our country’s vast prison population
They do, however, cast further doubt on the strength of empirical support for Miron’s intuitively plausible theory. Figure 10 reveals why the added data from the 1990s onward weakens the estimated relationship between prohibition enforcement expenditures and homicide: federal per capita drug prohibition spending has continued to rise despite a steady fall in the homicide […]
The price of keeping hundreds of thousands of drug offenders behind bars is high and rising
Attorneys for prosecution, whereas for 97.5 percent, drug trafficking was the most serious offense .In terms of drugs involved for defendants actually convicted of federal drug offenses, 30.6 percent involved marijuana, 22.4 percent involved crack cocaine, 21.5 percent involved cocaine powder, 12.5 percent involved methamphetamine, 7.8 percent involved opiates, 0.5 percent involved hallucinogens, and 4.8 […]
Solely individual-based explanations of the causes of public health concerns are insufficient
Again we find that individuals living in states that have statutorily removed jail sentences as penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana are statistically less likely to report jail as the maximum penalty and more likely to report fines as the maximum penalty. However, again we see that the actual difference in […]
Patients with co-occurring behavioral and medical conditions represent such a population
Whilst the aim of our study was to examine the relationship between baseline features and subsequent outcome , it is important to note that there are limitations with this approach. First, we did not account psychosocial stressors and other confounding factors/events that may have occurred in the time between baseline and follow-up. Indeed, it is possible […]
ALC and PSU groups were abstinent from alcohol and/or psychostimulants for about one month
Future work could potentially benefit by further extending the present work to other health outcome variables such as ART medication adherence and HIV symptoms among persons with HIV/AIDS. It also may be advisable to explore how distress tolerance and emotion dysregulation relate to a broader array of symptoms and disorders. Finally, the present study was a […]
The same procedure and a core set of tobacco items were used for data collection across sites
However, most programs allowed tobacco use in designated outdoor areas, such as front or back porches, program parking lots, or other specified areas.Data collection was conducted by research staff during site visits in 2019. All adult clients enrolled in each program on site visit days were eligible to complete the survey.Research staff reviewed study information […]
Cumulative doses may affect the opioid receptor differently than length of time receiving opioids
In our multivariate analysis that included RASS and CAM-ICU findings, age did not continue to be a predictor of WS . However, the RASS and delirium findings, when added to the model, significantly increased the model fit. That is, we found that they are both related to WS. From a conceptual and clinical perspective, it […]
Marijuana is consistently the most widely used illicit drug among adolescents
Fourty-four percent of twelfth-graders have used marijuana in their lifetime, 20% used in the past month, and 5% use daily , representing a large increase from the 16% of 8th graders who have tried marijuana. Furthermore, 40% of high school students who used marijuana in the past year met criteria for marijuana abuse or dependence […]