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Early onset of drug abuse is associated with early sexual activity, crime, and educational failure. Young amphetamine users risk exploitation by adults and are more likely to become involved in criminal or violent behavior and prostitution—having to resort to sex for survival. Consequently, they are also more likely to become infected with HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases and by tuberculosis or other bacterial, fungal, or viral infections. Chronic amphetamine abusers are also more at risk for mental and emotional disorders including anxiety, phobias, and depression. They are at higher risk of suicide. [Pg.41]

All prescription drug abuse may lead to harmful consequences such as accidents, injuries, blackouts, legal problems, and unsafe sexual behavior, which can increase the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Specifically, each class of drugs has certain potentially life-threatening consequences of abuse. The abuse of opioids may lead to severe respiratory depression and inability to breathe, which can lead to death. Depressants may also cause respiratory depression and may lead to seizures if an addict suddenly stops taking them. Stimulants speed up the body s activities and raise blood pressure and heart rate, and when abused, may lead to a heart attack, stroke, or a seizure. Combinations... [Pg.18]

Seidman, S.N., C. Sterk-Elifson, and S.O. Aral. 1994. "High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Drug-Using Men." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, May-June, 21(3) 173-180. [Pg.105]

Maternal cocaine use can affect reproduction by adversely affecting the pregnancy. In addition, cocaine use may directly injure the fetus and/or produce behavioral and developmental abnormalities in the neonate. Indirect toxicities of cocaine abuse may result in severe health consequences including child neglect and abuse, loss of family structure, an increased risk of AIDS, and congenitally acquired sexually transmitted diseases (Benowitz 1992). A study of data from 72 U.S. Poison Control Centers in 1990 that analyzed 1.7 million... [Pg.241]

Chen SY, Gibson S, Katz MH, et al. Continuing increases in sexual risk behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among men who have sex with men San Francisco, California, 1999-2001. Am J Public Health 2002 92 1387-1388. [Pg.2274]

When aggressive and violent behavior becomes extreme, this can be viewed as disease. For example, drug addiction is now considered a disease syphilis is no longer called wanton behavior but is identified as a sexually transmitted disease or a sexually transmitted infectioa... [Pg.24]

As we saw with HIV, individual behavior, particularly high-risk behaviors such as unprotected sex and illicit drug use, has the ability to spawn epidemics. According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 340 million cases of sexually transmitted infections a year worldwide (World Health Organization, 2003 a). These preventable diseases can result in illness, infertility, and disability, as well as death. It is imperative for infectious disease prevention programs and interventions to take these complex social-behavioral components into consideration (Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2003). [Pg.439]


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