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| | Recreational drug use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than for working or for medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. | | | Regardless of medical supervision, this label does not apply to the use of drugs for utilitarian purposes, such as the relief of fatigue or insomnia, or the control of appetite. | | | Many societies have abandoned what they feel are unsuccessful attempts to prohibit recreational drugs, and instead turned to a policy of harm reduction by informing users of ways to reduce common risks associated with popular drugs, and providing medical assistance for drug users who wish to stop using drugs. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use |
| | For set we are generally concerned with an individual’s state of physical and emotional health at the time the drug is used, what their previous experiences are with a particular drug, and what their expectations for that drug are. | | | Predictable drug outcomes are the result of responsible use of those drugs. | | | Drug users, you will remember, focus only a small percentage of their time on actual drug use, and that drug use does not play a central role in the drug user’s life. |
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| | Aidsmap Recreational drug use |
| | Amyl nitrite is used medically to ease the chest pain caused by angina. | | | Medicinal use of cannabis is illegal and therefore there is little verifiable evidence of the drug's effects when used in the management of chronic health conditions. | | | As with all recreational drugs, it is wise to consider how use could impact on adherence to your HIV treatments or other areas of your health or life. |
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| | Drug Policy |
| | A 2001 study by the National Academy concluded that that research data surrounding the subject of drug use and enforcement is insufficient to provide clear conclusions regarding the effectiveness of current drug policy or the wisdom of alternate strategies. | | | Many associated with the drug problem remain frustrated by the fact that insufficient resources are allocated to drug treatment programs. | | | Many who are opposed to legalization or decriminalization nonetheless support the relaxation and revision of some of the criminal penalties associated with drug use. |
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http://www.newsbatch.com/drugpolicy.htm
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| | Is Recreational Drug Use Normal? |
| | On the other hand, many others see drug use as behavior that is not a moral issue but rather a matter of individual choice or as a morally acceptable choice. | | | Drugs are not used for unique reasons which are specific only to drugs, nor are they used predominantly for pathological reasons. | | | Drugs, in the context of this view, are but one of the many means to satisfy this need. |
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http://www.webspawner.com/users/recrfeationaldruguse
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| | RISKS OF RECREATIONAL DRUG USE |
| | There is evidence that recreational drug use in on the rise, and people using drugs should be aware that there are several risks associated with illegal drug use. | | | All areas of a person's life can be affected by drug use. | | | Cocaine was used in many medicines in the late 1800s and was used extensively as an anaesthetic. |
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http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/riskofrecreationdruguse.html
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| | Erowid LSD Vault : Article #2 |
| | Although the drug eventually made the transition from the therapists office and onto the street, the way it was used in the USA, and the groups that were using it, were very different to this new pattern of use that was emerging in the UK. | | | Second, the dominant drug used on this scene, MDMA or Ecstasy, was a relatively new substance that most drugs workers had little knowledge of or experience of dealing with. | | | Apart from the American research, which was conducted under very different use conditions, all the experience of the effects and hazards of this drug lay with the hundreds of thousands of users who had been conducting individual and collective experiments with the drug. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use and Driving: A Qualitative Study - Summary |
| | This apparently much greater incidence of drug use amongst clubbers in Scotland is consistent with previous research (Forsyth, 1996) and consistent with the theory that clubbers may be at increased risk of drug-driving. | | | Attitudes towards drugs and driving amongst those who are likely to consume illegal drugs and drive must be changed. | | | More factual information about the dangerous effects of particular drugs on driving ability is necessary if drug-drivers and those at risk of drug-driving are to be convinced that drug-driving is unsafe. |
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/blue/druguse-04.htm
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| | Reuters Health Recreational drug use may raise birth defect risk |
| | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use street drugs around the time of conception and early in pregnancy are likely to increase the chances their infants will be born with a defective closure of the abdominal wall through which the intestines protrude -- a condition called gastroschisis -- according to researchers in Ireland. | | | Morrison and his associates used hair analysis to assess mothers' drug use. | | | 10 of 22 women (45 percent) with a baby born with gastroschisis had evidence of recreational drug use around conception or during the first trimester, compared with 2 of 25 women (8 percent) whose fetuses were known to be normal. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use |
| | Realizing that people will continue to use drugs, the information here is offered to educate others, in an effort to encourage as safe and responsible use as possible. | | | Our pamphlet also provides information on how one should prepare and recuperate from recreational drug use, what drug/alcohol drug mixes should be avoided, as well as giving tips on how to re-hydrate the body and lower toxin levels and get first aid help if someone has done really too much. | | | This site in no way supports the use of recreational drugs, however it acknowledges the reality of the situation in the dance clubs and our community. |
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http://members.aol.com/tjfronczak/drugs1.htm
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| | Phrostbite's Recreational Drug Tutorial |
| | Ketamine hydrochloride ("Special K" or "K") was originally created for use as a human anaesthetic, and is still used as a general anaesthetic for children, persons of poor health, and in veterinary medicine. | | | Most use a needle to inject a heroine solution or smoke it by burning it on a piece of tinfoil. | | | Cannabis can be used to make rope,paper,clothing,fuel,oil,soap,food and medicines. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use Amongst Clubbers in the South East of England |
| | Despite such high levels of drug use, less than half of the current drug users felt that taking drugs was an integral part of their social life. | | | Compared with lapsed drug users, current drug users were experimenting with a wider range of substances, including synthetic drugs such as ketamine and GHB. | | | Levels and patterns of drug use varied greatly from 9% at a leisure park event to 70% at an established dance/gay club. |
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http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/drugsalcohol76.htm
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| | Recreational drug use |
| | Users of the drug can be also described as being ‘addicted to the lifestyle’ associated with the lifestyle choices they are making. | | | An example of this could be where a learner has completed a basic skills assessment, or entry test, in ignorance of the fact of the learner’s social drug of the learners social drug use. | | | It is not the purpose of the author to investigate all club drugs, and so far that reason many other drugs that may come into this category are excluded. |
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http://www.pit2net.co.uk/recdruguse.htm
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| | Viagra as a Recreational Drug |
| | One drug that is currently being used in this way is Viagra; it is being used as a recreational drug basically because of the fact that it has little of no side effects, particularly for younger men. | | | However, it is also noted that some drugs that are used for particular purposes are even being used when there is no apparent problem with one’s health. | | | This is because of the awareness and the realization of the fact that it really works and is not any ordinary drug. |
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http://www.american-viagra-pharmacies.com/viagra_recreation.html
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| | Are criminal sanctions against recreational drug use unconstitutional in Canada? |
| | Nor can the government use the crimes that addicts commit to support their habits as evidence of the harm of drug abuse to others, unless it can prove that those crimes are the result of addiction per se, and not of the high prices generated by criminal sanctions. | | | Even if criminal sanctions are shown to be appropriate and effective, their severity requires that, before resorting to them, the government prove they are the only appropriate and effective response, by showing that all less drastic approaches have been tried, and haven't worked. | | | The government must accept that its proper role is not to act as our protector, or our parent, but to provide the legal framework within which adults can enjoy the vices of their choice in a peaceful and orderly fashion. |
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| | Depression & HIV |
| | The drug Ecstasy affects the serotonin system, the same neurotransmitters that are affected by antidepressants. | | | Depression may lead you to seek relief in the use of alcohol or other recreational drugs. | | | We lack adequate scientific data about the relationship between depression and recreational drug use, but do have significant understanding based on clinical experience. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use and Driving: A Qualitative Study - References |
| | EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) (1999). | | | Recreational Drug Use and Driving: A Qualitative Study - References | | | FORSYTH, A.J.M. (1996) Places and patterns of drug use in the Scottish dance scene. |
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/blue/druguse-15.htm
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| | Referenced Quotes about HIV/AIDS and Recreational Drug Use |
| | CD4 cell recovery during successful antiretroviral therapy in naive HIV-infected patients: the role of intravenous drug use. | | | The question is whether the association with HIV indicates that the drugs, or HIV, or a combination, causes the observed poor health of many drug users. | | | The use of poppers is highly correlated with behaviours that provide opportunities for acquiring sexually transmitted infections. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use |
| | Rather, we recognize that recreational drug use is a permanent part of our society, and... | | | Ecstasy in the U.K.: Recreational Drug Use and Cultural Change, by Peter McDermott and Alan Matthews... | | | Recreational Drug Use and Driving: A Qualitative Study - References |
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| | 1000 buffalo stampede » Recreational Drug Use |
| | Personally, I think that our medical system has a tendency to “over medicate&; rather than root out the core issues of problems. | | | “A lot of people are sort of recreational users of Prozac,” Morgan said, referring to people who don’t have serious mental health problems but take the drug to boost their mood. | | | Seems like one of those assine non-reality answers that politicos, spokespeople, and such create to address something they don’t otherwise have a good solution for. |
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| | Salon.com People "The new LSD" hits Hollywood |
| | Us Weekly points the finger at a dangerous cocktail of methadone, speed, alcohol and Vicodin, the same drug that has caused problems for Melanie Griffith, Michael Jackson, Foxy Brown and scads of other celebs. | | | Eminem -- who has a Vicodin pill tattooed on his shoulder, has rapped lovingly about the drug in his music and features it on the cover of one of his CDs -- is also falling victim to the painkiller's effects. | | | According to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the drug possession charges filed against Houston last year after pot was found in her purse at a Hawaiian airport have been dismissed. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use free essays |
| | The Psychological and Physical Effects of Drug Use | | | Medicinal And Recreational Drug Use In The 20th Century | | | Drug Use Among Athletes: Has It Changed The Game? |
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| | Recreational Drug Information Links |
| | Non profit research organization that studies the healing and spiritual potentials of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana. | | | Working for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives. | | | Citizens whose lives have been destroyed by the government's drug policy. |
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| | Recreational Drug Research |
| | Science (evidence) based articles on all the major health issues including cancer, obesity, tobacco, back pain, ulcer and heart burn, dubious drugs and medical treatments, male and female hormone replacements, NSAID and aspirin, longevity, introns stem cells and other important basic medical science. | | | We also oppose the harm done by the penal repression of these drugs. | | | California skeptics oppose the distortion of the evidence in the cause of our government’s war on illicit recreational drugs. |
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| | Recreational Drug Use |
| | The information provided by the panel members was based on their own knowledge and was supported by the knowledge of other Lifeline workers and by findings of other current Lifeline research. | | | There were 15 panel members interviewed for the latest round of the recreational drug use work. | | | Alcohol and cannabis are still the most widely used substances on the recreational scene. |
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| | Medicinal And Recreational Drug Use In The 20th Century |
| | Medicinal and Recreational Drug Use in the 20th Century The 20th century spawned several cures for illnesses which have plagued mankind since the beginning of time. | | | Medicinal And Recreational Drug Use In The 20th Century | | | In 1929 Dr. Alexander Fleming published his discovery of a drug called penicillin. |
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| | IOL: Positive tests reveal recreational drug use |
| | “It is surprising and unfortunate that five of the seven violations were for recreational drugs,” Treacy said, “but the tests show up recreational drugs as well as performance-enhancing drugs and if people take recreational drugs, they get banned. | | | The other major drugs controversy in Irish sport last year, Cian O’Connor and Waterford Crystal, didn’t fall under the Sports Council’s control but their relationship with equestrian remains troubled. | | | Before that, it had been at the discretion of the individual federation. |
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| | AM - Carlton football players accused of recreational drug use |
| | REPORTER: Can you confirm it's related to recreational drugs? | | | Police haven't been called in over the incident and any planned disciplinary action so far will be taken under the club's own code of conduct, although the AFL also has penalties for recreational drug use. | | | Carlton football players accused of recreational drug use |
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