 Street Drugs
"Street Drugs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs obtained and often manufactured illegally for the subjective effects they are said to produce. They are often distributed in urban areas, but are also available in suburban and rural areas, and tend to be grossly impure and may cause unexpected toxicity.
| Descriptor ID |
D013287
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.878
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| Concept/Terms |
Illicit Drugs- Illicit Drugs
- Drugs, Illicit
- Drugs of Abuse
- Abuse Drugs
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Street Drugs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Street Drugs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Street Drugs" by people in Profiles.
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Reitzel LR, Nguyen N, Eischen S, Thomas J, Okuyemi KS. Is smoking cessation associated with worse comorbid substance use outcomes among homeless adults? Addiction. 2014 Dec; 109(12):2098-104.
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Hequembourg AL, Dearing RL. Exploring shame, guilt, and risky substance use among sexual minority men and women. J Homosex. 2013; 60(4):615-38.
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Morgan EE, Woods SP, Poquette AJ, Vigil O, Heaton RK, Grant I. Visual memory in methamphetamine-dependent individuals: deficient strategic control of encoding and retrieval. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2012 Feb; 46(2):141-52.
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Valdez A, Kaplan CD, Curtis RL. Aggressive crime, alcohol and drug use, and concentrated poverty in 24 U.S. urban areas. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2007; 33(4):595-603.
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Grunbaum JA, Tortolero S, Weller N, Gingiss P. Cultural, social, and intrapersonal factors associated with substance use among alternative high school students. Addict Behav. 2000 Jan-Feb; 25(1):145-51.
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