Title of thesis: DIVERSION OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS IN A COLLEGE STUDENT SAMPLE Laura M. Garnier, Master of Arts, 2008 Thesis directed by: Assistant Professor Brian Johnson Criminology/Criminal Justice, University of Maryland This study sought to determine rates of prescription diversion, what medications are diverted, and what risk factors predict diversion. Surveys from 554 respondents in ...

The damming of a river causes dangerous consequences on structure of the environment downstream of the dam, modifying the sediment composition, which impose major adjustments in longitudinal distribution of benthic community. The construction of Engenheiro Sérgio Motta Dam in the Upper Paraná River has caused impacts on the aquatic communities, which are not yet fully known. This work aimed to ...

China's historiographical traditions tell of the successful control of a Great Flood leading to the establishment of the Xia dynasty and the beginning of civilization. However, the historicity of the flood and Xia remain controversial. Here, we reconstruct an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood on the Yellow River about 1920 BCE that ranks as one of the largest freshwater floods of ...

This article examines rates of nonmedical use and diversion of extended-release amphetamine and extended-release oral methylphenidate in the United States. Prescription dispensing data were sourced from retail pharmacies. Nonmedical use data were collected from the Researched Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS) System Drug Diversion Program and Poison Center Program. Dr...

BACKGROUND Although inadequate treatment of pain is a problem for hospice patients, increases in the medical use of opioids have been accompanied by increasing levels of abuse and diversion in the community. Balancing pain relief with concerns about abuse and diversion is a difficult issue for hospices. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine policies and practices in Virginia hospi...

BACKGROUND Diversion--patients who sell or share their medication--is a hotly debated but relatively unresearched phenomenon. We have investigated the prevalence of self-reported diversion of methadone and buprenorphine at OST programs in Sweden. We have also examined if demographic, treatment, and social factors can be associated with an increased risk of diversion. METHODS Structured interv...

AIMS Methadone and buprenorphine diversion by patients in opioid substitution treatment (OST) is a poorly understood phenomenon. We study the norms and attitudes on diversion among OST patients, including the role these norms and attitudes play as diversion risk factors. We also study whether perceived quality of care, social bonds to treatment staff, and deterrence can be associated with diver...

CANTER DJ. Is simpler better? Quality of life based on type of urinary diversion Can J Urol 2013; 20(1):6632. Although it has been reported that continent urinary diversions may not have increased morbidity in the short term,9 practically speaking, these diversions do require more effort and diligence than an ileal conduit. Ultimately, it is a very personal patient decision as to the type of ur...

diversion, which is discussed briefly in the science of usul al-fiqh in the chapter on the absolute and qualified, while playing a notable role in different chapters of jurisprudence, is of varieties. surveying the concept of diversion and its varieties, the present essay expounds its effects and results and emphasizes its important role in the process of inferring juristic precepts