EPP Hearing on DRUGS, ADDICTIONS and DRUG TRAFFICKING
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The Intersection of Human Trafficking and Addiction
Successfully prosecuted cases have proven that the role of substance use disorder in human traficking is powerful and pervasive; addiction can increase a person’s vulnerability to being traficked can be initiated and manipulated by the traficker as a means of coercion and control and can be used by the victim/survivor as a means of coping with |
Are illegal drugs associated with high-frequency hearing loss?
In the second analysis, the participants who used ≥ 2 types of illegal drugs were associated with higher risks of high-frequency hearing loss (adjusted OR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.06–2.32) and overall hearing loss (adjusted OR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.08–2.37).
Does trafficking involve movement?
Note that trafficking does not necessarily involve movement and does not necessarily involve physical captivity. Vulnerable people are lured and trapped via myriad means including economic abuse, psychological coercion, threats against family, drug addiction, physical abuse, and sexual abuse .
What is drug trafficking?
Every part of the process involved in making and distributing illicit drugs falls under the banner that is drug trafficking. The global drug trade relies on several routes by which to supply the United States with illicit drugs.
How are people with substance use issues affected by human traffickers?
People with substance use issues are especially vulnerable to trauma and victimization by human trafickers. Some trafickers recruit directly from detox and addiction treatment facilities.
Case
Dr. Shah, an emergency department (ED) resident in New York City, entered the room of a young pregnant patient who was bleeding and visibly frightened. The patient, who only spoke Spanish, was accompanied by her brother, who translated. He explained that the patient suffered from schizophrenia and had been refusing her medications for the last coup
Commentary
The clinical scenario described above might seem far-fetched or extreme. However, Dr. Shah’s dilemma mirrors many human trafficking clinical encounters in which patients present with medical, mental health, and substance use disorder needs. The health needs of this patient might very well suggest that she is being trafficked and should not be dismi
Terminology
The article authors define human trafficking according to United States law. Federal law defines “severe forms of trafficking in persons” as: Note that trafficking does not necessarily involve movement and does not necessarily involve physical captivity. Vulnerable people are lured and trapped via myriad means including economic abuse, psychologica
Health Implications of Being Trafficked
Physical consequences of being trafficked include a range of health problems resulting from occupational, trauma, and living condition-related risk exposures . Pregnancy complications. One category of medical sequelae of being trafficked is pregnancy-related complications. Pregnancy resulting from sexual assault during labor or sex trafficking can
Responding to A Potentially Trafficked Person with Mental Illness and Addiction
Trauma-informed approach to care. Any patient encounter involves obtaining and analyzing subjective and objective data with varying degrees of uncertainty and using this information to formulate a care plan. However, in cases of potential human trafficking, like this one, the stakes are particularly high, underlining the need for a protocol, and a
Conclusion
Because each interaction with a potentially trafficked person is complex and critical, health systems should have trauma-informed interpersonal violence protocols in place that involve a multidisciplinary response team and respond to the critical needs of trafficking survivors. Dr. Shah should be mindful of the sway of implicit bias and diagnostic
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EPP Hearing on DRUGS ADDICTIONS and DRUG TRAFFICKING
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15 nov 2019 · Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (“Pompidou A hearing was held on 4 March 2019 for the purposes of the According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)'s 2019 European of my colleague, Mr Joseph O'Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD) with the Social |
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Annex 4 Key external events, conferences and meetings, 2011
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The suppression of illicit drugs through international law PhD thesis
manufacture, trade and consumption of drugs established addiction, cultural and religious drug use, psychological demand for See also Linke R, Epp JH, in drug trafficking prosecutions in for instance the US, in extradition hearings - see |
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Development ofMonitoring Instruments forJudicial and Law
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) based on research conducted against organized crime, corruption, drug trafficking, money laundering, trafficking in http://epp eurostat ec europa eu/portal/page/portal/ crime/introduction Osijek) dedicated to the hearing of corruption and organized crime cases (the |
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Uthor ataiog - Office of Justice Programs
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Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), entailed the well as enhanced enforcement of laws prohibiting drug trafficking and ear-End Count of Prison Population in Portugal, by T ype of Drug Offense 1993 Crimes Recorded by the Police http://epp eurostat ec europa eu/portal/page/ portal/crime/ |
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DISSERTATIONES MEDICINAE UNIVERSITATIS - DSpace
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and working at a young age in the sex trade (Becker Buxton et al , 2004; Des Jarlais et |
