[PDF][PDF] Cannabis(Marijuana)- Effects on Human Behavior and Performance

MA Huestis - Forensic Science Review, 2002 - flugmedizin.at
Cannabis is one of the oldest and most commonly abused drugs in the world. Recently,
tremendous advances have been made in our understanding of the endogenous …

Use of on-site testing for drugs of abuse

S George, RA Braithwaite - Clinical Chemistry, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background: There is currently a profusion of near-patient testing devices that have been
specifically targeted at drug dependency units and clinics. Some of these devices have been …

Determination of five abused drugs in nitrite-adulterated urine by immunoassays and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

SCJ Tsai, MA ElSohly, T Dubrovsky… - Journal of analytical …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The adulteration of urine specimens with nitrite ion hasseen shown to mask the gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) confirmation testing of marijuana use. This …

A comparison between on-site immunoassay drug-testing devices and laboratory results

M Grönholm, P Lillsunde - Forensic science international, 2001 - Elsevier
The aim with this study was to evaluate the accuracy of several on-site testing devices on the
market. A part of this study is included in the European Union's (EU's) roadside testing …

Reinforcement-based intensive outpatient treatment for inner city opiate abusers: a short-term evaluation

K Gruber, MA Chutuape, ML Stitzer - Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2000 - Elsevier
We evaluated 3-month outcomes for reinforcement-based intensive outpatient treatment
(RBT), a new relapse prevention behavior therapy for inner city opiate abusers. The therapy …

Reinforcement-based therapy: 12-month evaluation of an outpatient drug-free treatment for heroin abusers

HE Jones, CJ Wong, M Tuten, ML Stitzer - Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005 - Elsevier
This controlled study examined the efficacy of reinforcement-based therapy (RBT) for
producing enhanced abstinence outcomes over 12 months in opioid-dependent patients …

Reinforcement‐based treatment improves the maternal treatment and neonatal outcomes of pregnant patients enrolled in comprehensive care treatment

HE Jones, KE O'Grady, M Tuten - The American Journal on …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This randomized clinical trial examined the efficacy of comprehensive usual care (UC) alone
(n= 42) or enhanced by reinforcement‐based treatment (RBT)(n= 47) to produce improved …

Analysis of urinary drugs of abuse by a multianalyte capillary electrophoretic immunoassay

J Caslavska, D Allemann, W Thormann - Journal of Chromatography A, 1999 - Elsevier
This paper characterizes a novel multianalyte competitive binding, electrokinetic capillary-
based immunoassay for urinary methadone, opiates, benzoylecgonine (cocaine metabolite) …

Polyclonal antibody-based noncompetitive immunoassay for small analytes developed with short peptide loops isolated from phage libraries

A Gonzalez-Techera, HJ Kim, SJ Gee, JA Last… - Analytical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
To date, there are a few technologies for the development of noncompetitive immunoassays
for small molecules, the most common of which relies on the use of anti-immunocomplex …

Screening for drugs of abuse (II): Cannabinoids, lysergic acid diethylamide, buprenorphine, methadone, barbiturates, benzodiazepines and other drugs

D Simpson, RA Braithwaite, DR Jarvie… - Annals of clinical …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Screening urine samples for drugs of abuse is important for the confirmation of drug misuse
and for the clinical management of drug misusers. Laboratories providing this service …