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ILLICIT DRUG USE [17 records]

Record 1 2025-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Drug culture refers to the set of behaviors, beliefs, and actions that are influenced by the use of illegal drugs. It encompasses the attitudes and practices of individuals who engage in the illicit consumption of controlled substances, and the social norms and values that emerge from this behavior. Drug culture is characterized by a range of practices, including drug use, drug trafficking, drug-related crime, and drug-related health problems. It is often associated with a subculture that is defined by its members’ shared experiences and values related to drug use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Ensemble de comportements, croyances, attitudes et pratiques influencés par la consommation de drogues illégales.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

... the nonmedical use of sedatives has been strongly associated with TUD [tobacco use disorder], AUD [alcohol use disorder], and general illicit drug use... with overlap in depressive and anxiety disorders...

Key term(s)
  • sedative nonmedical use
  • sedative non-medical use

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

A la hora de buscar las causas de este abuso de sedantes, la crisis, la ansiedad y el estrés ocupan un lugar preeminente.

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Record 3 2024-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

In 1970, the Ford Foundation initiated the Drug Abuse Survey Project to pinpoint more precisely what should be done to combat drug abuse. Its final report, Dealing with Drug Abuse..., analyzed in detail the great gaps in basic knowledge of drug actions within the body, psychological factors involved in deciding to use drugs, and the role of drugs in contemporary American society; it also made a strong appeal for more research. The report's practical outcome was the creation of the Drug Abuse Council(DAC), which funded studies on illicit drug abuse from 1971 until 1978.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

In December 2018, the Government of Manitoba, in partnership with the Government of Canada and the City of Winnipeg announced the creation of the Illicit Drug Task Force to address and respond to the rapid increase in the distribution and use of methamphetamines and other substances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

En décembre 2018, le gouvernement du Manitoba, en collaboration avec le gouvernement du Canada et la ville de Winnipeg, a annoncé la création du Groupe de travail sur les drogues illicites afin de lutter contre la hausse accélérée de distribution et de consommation de méthamphétamine et d'autres drogues, et de prendre des mesures à cet égard.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

The National Anti-Drug Strategy provides a focused approach involving three action plans to deliver on priorities aimed at reducing the supply of and demand for illicit drugs, as well as addressing the crime associated with illegal drugs. [This] approach will lead to safer and healthier communities by taking action in three priority areas : preventing illicit drug use; treating illicit drug dependency; and combating the production and distribution of illicit drugs.

OBS

Department of Justice Canada.

OBS

National Anti-Drug Strategy: This strategy was replaced by the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy (CDSS) in 2016.

Key term(s)
  • Canada’s Anti-Drug Strategy
  • Canadian Anti-Drug Strategy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

La Stratégie nationale antidrogue fournit une approche ciblée comportant trois plans d'action en vue de la réalisation de priorités visant la réduction de l'offre et de la demande de drogues illicites de même que l'élimination de la criminalité liée aux drogues illicites. [Cette] approche mènera à des collectivités plus sûres et plus saines au moyen de mesures dans trois secteurs prioritaires : la prévention de la consommation de drogues illicites; le traitement de la dépendance aux drogues illicites; la lutte contre la production et la distribution de drogues illicites.

OBS

Ministère de la Justice du Canada.

OBS

Stratégie nationale antidrogue: Cette stratégie a été remplacée par la Stratégie canadienne sur les drogues et autres substances en 2016.

Key term(s)
  • Stratégie canadienne antidrogues
  • Stratégie antidrogue du Canada
  • Stratégie antidrogues du Canada

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas federales (Gobierno canadiense)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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Record 6 2016-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

If negative affective states lead to school and illicit drug use in the workplace, early screening and treating employees with mental health issues(such as depression and anxiety) may reduce substance-abuse problems in the workplace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

[...] la politique de santé devrait renforcer le dépistage précoce des problèmes de santé sur le lieu de travail en ciblant particulièrement les troubles mentaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales para el diagnóstico (Psicología)
  • Psicología clínica
CONT

Para la psiquiatría infantil la detección precoz es fundamental, ya que en la infancia, detectar las enfermedades mentales es mucho más trascendente y mucho más difícil que en otras edades.

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Record 7 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

States associated with drug withdrawal ranging from severe, as specified for alcohol under 291.0 [of the DSM-III-R Manual] (delirium tremens) to less severe characterized by one or more symptoms such as convulsions, tremor, anxiety, restlessness, gastrointestinal and muscular complaints, and mild disorientation and memory disturbance.

OBS

The English term "drug" has a less restrictive meaning than its French cognate "drogue". In English it not only conveys the meaning of any substance, whether legally available or not, which causes addiction, but also that of any substance intended for use in the treatment of a disease with or without a prescription. In French the primary meaning is that of an illicit substance, despite a more generic use found in legal contexts(Food and Drugs Act=Loi des aliments et drogues). Intrinsically more specific, the French favor the use of "produit pharmaceutique" and "médicament", as well as derivatives thereof, e. g. "pharmacodépendance, toxicomanie, etc. Consequently, in the case of "drug withdrawal syndrome", the use of "drogue"(i. e. substance that causes addiction) is not entirely inappropriate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

États associés au sevrage de drogue, allant d'états graves, comme ceux décrits pour l'alcool sous [le code 291.0 du manuel DSM-III-R] (delirium tremens) à des états moins sévères caractérisés par un ou plusieurs symptômes tels que convulsions, tremblements, anxiété, agitation, douleurs gastro-intestinales et musculaires, troubles légers de l'orientation et de la mémoire.

Key term(s)
  • syndrome de sevrage de médicament
  • syndrome de sevrage de produits pharmaceutiques
  • syndrome de sevrage d'hallucinogène

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Between 1991 and 1999, illicit drug use among younger children, 13 and 14 years-old, increased by 51 percent, from 18. 7 to 28. 3 percent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

La 100ème Conférence parlementaire [...] recommande à la communauté des nations de traiter de façon complète [le problème mondial de la drogue], y compris en menant des politiques efficaces contre l'usage illicite de drogues, reconnaissant que la demande et l'action menée pour la combattre sont un élément fondamental de ce problème particulier.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

... instrument for illicit drug use means anything designed primarily or intended under the circumstances for consuming or to facilitate the consumption of an illicit drug...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

«instrument pour l'utilisation de drogues illicites» Tout ce qui est destiné essentiellement ou en l'occurrence à la consommation d'une drogue illicite ou à la facilitation à la consommation.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

A synthetic narcotic compound first discovered in the late 1970s, MPTP(1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine) has generated much interest as an etiologic agent in PD. MPTP, first chemically synthesized as an opiate for illicit drug use in California, leads to acute, sudden onset of parkinsonian symptoms and selective degeneration of the substantia nigra seen on autopsy.

OBS

1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).

OBS

MPTP: This might be an in-house abbreviation; not to be used alone, to avoid any risk of confusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

1-méthyl-4-phényl-1,2,3,6-tétrahydropyridine : forme recommandée par l'UICPA (Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée).

OBS

MPTP : abréviation non officielle; ne pas l'utiliser seule, pour éviter tout risque de confusion.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

Drug psychoses: syndromes that do not fit the descriptions given in [the DSM-III-R, codes] 295-298 (nonorganic psychoses) and which are due to consumption of drugs (notably amphetamines, barbiturates and the opiate and LSD groups) and solvents ....

OBS

The English term "drug" has a less restrictive meaning than its French cognate "drogue". In English it not only conveys the meaning of any substance, whether legally available or not, which causes addiction, but also that of any substance intended for use in the treatment of a disease with or without a prescription. In French the primary meaning is that of an illicit substance, despite a more generic use found in legal contexts(Food and Drugs Act=Loi des aliments et drogues). Intrinsically more specific, the French favor the use of "produit pharmaceutique" and "médicament", as well as derivatives thereof, e. g. "pharmacodépendance, toxicomanie, etc. Consequently, in the case of "drug psychosis", the use of "drogue"(i. e. substance that causes addiction) is not entirely inappropriate, although instances of the term "pharmacopsychose" do exist. As for the term "drug psychosis syndrome", this term cannot be substantiated in any reliable source. Do not use the term "syndrome" when it is not necessary.

Key term(s)
  • drug psychoses
  • 292
  • drug psychosis syndrome

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

Psychose chronique qui survient après des abus toxicomoniques de psychotropes.

OBS

Psychoses dues aux drogues : syndromes ne correspondant pas aux descriptions données sous [les classifications, codes 295-298 du DSM-III-R] (psychoses non organiques) et dus à la consommation de médicaments (notamment d'amphétamines, de barbituriques, d'opiacés, de substances du type LSD et de solvants) [...]

OBS

«Psychose due aux drogues» : terme employé dans le Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux (DSM-III-R), version française, ainsi que dans la Classification internationale des Maladies (CIM-9).

Key term(s)
  • 292
  • psychose due aux médicaments
  • psychose due aux produits pharmaceutiques
  • psychose due aux psychotropes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Trastornos mentales
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Record 12 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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Record 13 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

Adopted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Argentina,Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela; October 1, 1984.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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Record 14 1994-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

Individual idiosyncratic reactions to comparatively small quantities of a drug, which take the form of acute, brief psychotic states of any type.

OBS

Not to be confused with "physiological side-effects of drugs" or "expected brief psychotic reactions to hallucinogens (bad trips)" (305.3).

OBS

The English term "drug" has a less restrictive meaning than its French cognate "drogue". In English it not only conveys the meaning of any substance, whether legally available or not, which causes addiction, but also that of any substance intended for use in the treatment of a disease with or without a prescription. In French the primary meaning is that of an illicit substance, despite a more generic use found in legal contexts(Food and Drugs Act=Loi des aliments et drogues). Intrinsically more specific, the French favor the use of "produit pharmaceutique" and "médicament", as well as derivatives thereof, e. g. "pharmacodépendance, toxicomanie, etc. Consequently, in the case of "pathological drug intoxication", the use of "drogue"(i. e. substance that causes addiction) is not entirely inappropriate.

Key term(s)
  • 292.2

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

Réactions à des quantités de drogue relativement faibles liées à des prédispositions individuelles et qui peuvent prendre la forme de brefs états psychotiques aigus de n'importe quel type.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «brèves réactions psychotiques aux hallucinogènes (mauvais voyages)» (305.3) ou «effets physiologiques secondaires des drogues».

Key term(s)
  • 292.2
  • forme pathologique d'intoxication par les médicaments
  • forme pathologique d'intoxication par les produits pharmaceutiques

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

1988.

Key term(s)
  • Bill C-264

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
Key term(s)
  • Projet de loi C-264

Spanish

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Record 16 1991-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses

Spanish

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Record 17 1989-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Authors: J.E. Bardsley and G.F. McCauley; 1983.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Forces drug survey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
Key term(s)
  • Habitudes de consommation d'alcool et de drogues illicites chez les membres des Forces canadiennes

Spanish

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