Illicit Drugs (Recreational Drugs)

Drugs that are manufactured, obtained, or sold illegally. They include prescription drugs obtained or sold without prescription and non-prescription drugs. Illicit drugs are widely distributed, tend to be grossly impure and may cause unexpected toxicity.

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Networked: 5089 relevant articles (51 outcomes, 488 trials/studies)

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Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Kerr, Thomas: 41 articles (11/2021 - 06/2004)
2.	Wood, Evan: 37 articles (01/2020 - 01/2003)
3.	Degenhardt, Louisa: 27 articles (03/2022 - 07/2002)
4.	Milloy, M-J: 24 articles (01/2022 - 06/2011)
5.	Montaner, Julio: 20 articles (01/2019 - 08/2006)
6.	Manchikanti, Laxmaiah: 18 articles (01/2022 - 07/2002)
7.	Fischer, Benedikt: 18 articles (01/2021 - 08/2004)
8.	Martins, Silvia S: 17 articles (01/2018 - 08/2006)
9.	Agrawal, Arpana: 14 articles (11/2019 - 08/2006)
10.	Bucholz, Kathleen K: 14 articles (01/2019 - 08/2006)

Related Diseases

1.	Substance-Related Disorders (Drug Abuse) 08/01/2010 - "There is very little research on remission from drug dependence; definitions used are often imprecise and inconsistent across studies and there remains considerable uncertainty about the longitudinal course of dependence upon these most commonly used illicit drugs." 09/01/1996 - "To study the distribution, prevalence, determinants, and association between substance use (e.g., cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal drugs) and eating attitudes and behavior of high school students in the Negev region of Israel in order to provide an improved basis for prevention and health services. " 04/01/2000 - "Because, to our knowledge, no other intervention has successfully altered substance abuse by athletes, we developed and assessed the efficacy of a team-centered, sex-specific education program designed to reduce adolescent athletes' intentions to use and use of AS and alcohol and other illicit drugs. " 10/01/2018 - "Study findings indicate some protective effects of relationship involvement against substance use among SGM youth, particularly with respect to alcohol and illicit drugs other than marijuana. " 08/01/2009 - "The homogeneity test of variance showed consistent protective effects of religiosity on four types of substance use, namely, alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, and other illicit drugs."
2.	Marijuana Use 09/01/2015 - "Family interventions targeting parent-child dyads are likely to be effective in preventing and reducing adolescent marijuana use in general populations, but no evidence for other illicit drug use was found. " 09/01/2015 - "Universal family interventions targeting parent-child dyads are likely to be effective in preventing (OR 0.72; 95 % CI 0.56, 0.94) and reducing adolescent marijuana use, but not in preventing other illicit drugs (OR 0.90; 95 % CI 0.60, 1.34). " 04/01/1998 - "Despite increasing expenditures on prevention, government survey after survey indicates that marijuana use--which comprises 90% of illicit drug use--has not been eradicated among teenagers. " 11/01/2020 - " study compared marijuana use, other illegal drugs use (i.e. " 01/01/2018 - "There is inconsistent evidence examining the relationship between bullying victimization and illicit drug use, with most studies only examining the association between bullying victimization and marijuana use. "
3.	Alcoholism (Alcohol Abuse) 10/01/2017 - "Internet-based MI was effective in preventing and treating alcoholism, but its outcome appeared to be inconsistent for smoking cessation and poor for abstinence from illicit drugs. " 08/01/2014 - "Available data for Catalonia suggests that the network of drug treatment centres has improved treatment for alcohol use disorders along with that of illegal drugs. " 01/01/2022 - "The final study group consisted of 15,069 patients, of which 1,184 (7.9%) had a history of alcohol abuse and 1,139 (7.6%) had a history of illicit drug use. " 01/01/2019 - "We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of a phenotype representing alcohol or illicit drug dependence (ANYDEP) among 7291 European-Americans (EA; 2927 cases) and 3132 African-Americans (AA: 1315 cases) participating in the family-based Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. " 01/01/2017 - "Studies were required to evaluate the use of text messaging as an intervention for persons who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition criterion for a diagnosis of illicit drug and/or alcohol dependence. "
4.	Pain (Aches) 09/01/2010 - "Of the 10 participants who completed the 6 month follow-up, 8 reported improved pain control and physical functioning and 5 used alcohol and/or illicit drugs. " 01/01/2017 - "The study outcomes were past 30-day and in-school use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, inhalants, prescription pain medication, and other illegal drugs. " 03/01/2015 - "The results of the present study suggest that the denial of pain medication is associated with the use of illicit drugs while hospitalized. " 08/17/2011 - "The study group was the pain patient population which is well-known to have a significant incidence of use of these illicit drugs. " 09/01/2010 - "They were followed monthly for the study outcomes: completion of the 6-month treatment protocol and self-reported pain control, physical functioning, alcohol consumption and illicit drug use. "
5.	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 06/01/1999 - "Both genders improved following treatment, as evidenced by reduced illicit drug, tobacco, and alcohol use, criminal involvement, and HIV/AIDS-risky behaviors. " 06/01/2019 - "There was considerable commonality between this and previous studies on how homosexuality and illicit drug use were perceived and stigmatised, correlating with the blame directed towards people living with HIV/AIDS. " 07/01/2018 - "We used data from the AIDS Care Cohort to Evaluate Exposure to Survival Services study, a long-running community-recruited cohort of PLWH who use illicit drugs linked to comprehensive HIV clinical records. " 01/01/2018 - "Data were collected through the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS), the AIDS Care Cohort to evaluate Exposure to Survival Services (ACCESS), and the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), 3 prospective cohorts involving people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada, between 2005 and 2015. " 01/01/2018 - "Data were from the first 325 participants in the AFFIRM Care study, which enrolled adults living with HIV/AIDS in Baltimore, Maryland, who had histories of illicit drug use. "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Methadone (Dolophine)
2.	Prescription Drugs
3.	Opioid Analgesics (Opioids)
4.	Illicit Drugs (Recreational Drugs)
5.	2-methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT)
6.	Heroin (Diamorphine)
7.	Ketamine
8.	Cannabinoids
9.	Tyr sulfate(1)- enkephalinamide-Leu (LETS)
10.	Zinc

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Therapeutics
2.	Prenatal Care (Care, Prenatal)
3.	Blood Transfusion (Blood Transfusions)
4.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
5.	Length of Stay