PMID- 19378381
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090814
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1473-6578 (Electronic)
IS  - 0951-7367 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
DP  - 2009 May
TI  - Health consequences of illegal drug use.
PG  - 287-92
AB  - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to review recent research on the 
      health consequences of illegal drug use and possible risk factors, with a 
      particular focus on prospective evidence. RECENT FINDINGS: Mortality studies have 
      revealed qualitative and quantitative changes in causes of death among heroin and 
      injecting drug users (IDUs), probably due to increasing exposure to harm 
      reduction programs, the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy 
      (HAART), the aging of drug users, and rising concurrent use of illegal drugs and 
      prescription drugs. For morbidity, nonfatal overdose is still one of the most 
      important concerns; likewise the higher prevalence of hepatitis C among non-IDUs 
      and hepatitis A, B, C coinfection. Cannabis use has been consistently reported to 
      be associated with the emergence of psychotic symptoms, yet that seems not to be 
      the case for anxiety and depressive disorders. Use of 3,4 
      methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has been linked with short-term negative 
      effects on cognitive performance (i.e. visual memory). A series of longitudinal 
      studies have shown enduring unfavorable effects of prenatal cocaine and marijuana 
      exposure on children's physical, cognitive, and language development. SUMMARY: 
      Prospective evidence on illegal drug use in particular subpopulations may be 
      needed to better understand health problems among users at different life stages 
      and the possible long-term effects.
FAU - Chen, Chuan-Yu
AU  - Chen CY
AD  - Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research, Institute of Population 
      Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, 
      Taiwan. cychen@nhri.org.tw
FAU - Lin, Keh-Ming
AU  - Lin KM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Curr Opin Psychiatry
JT  - Current opinion in psychiatry
JID - 8809880
RN  - 0 (Illicit Drugs)
RN  - CK833KGX7E (Amphetamine)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Amphetamine
MH  - Depressive Disorder/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Hepatitis C/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Illicit Drugs
MH  - Marijuana Abuse/epidemiology
MH  - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
MH  - Psychotic Disorders/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology/mortality/physiopathology
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/*epidemiology/mortality/*physiopathology
RF  - 49
EDAT- 2009/04/21 09:00
MHDA- 2009/08/15 09:00
CRDT- 2009/04/21 09:00
PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/08/15 09:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1097/yco.0b013e32832a2349 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2009 May;22(3):287-92. doi: 10.1097/yco.0b013e32832a2349.