"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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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Primary care behavioral interventions to prevent or reduce illicit drug use and nonmedical pharmaceutical use in children and adolescents: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2014 May 06; 160(9):612-20.
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Substance use and the treatment of resistant depression in adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 Dec; 48(12):1182-92.
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Prevalence of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students. Subst Abus. 2009 Apr-Jun; 30(2):141-9.
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Recreational drug use and risk of Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV- and HHV-8-coinfected homosexual men. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Feb; 25(2):149-56.
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Recreational amphetamine use and risk of HIV-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Jul; 20(5):509-16.
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Illicit drug use and HIV treatment outcomes in a US cohort. AIDS. 2008 Jan 30; 22(3):357-65.
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Recreational drug use and T lymphocyte subpopulations in HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected men. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Apr 01; 94(1-3):165-71.
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Concurrent and simultaneous drug and alcohol use: results of the 2000 National Alcohol Survey. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Sep 06; 90(1):72-80.
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Illicit drug use in young adults and subsequent decline in general health: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 May 11; 88(2-3):224-33.
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Demographic characteristics, life context, and patterns of substance use among alcohol-dependent treatment clients in a health maintenance organization. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2000 Dec; 24(12):1803-10.