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Trends in Psychiatry and PsychotherapyIntroduction: Brazil's Northeast region has the highest crack-cocaine consumption in the country. Crack-cocaine has more intense effects than cocaine powder and can cause greater chemical dependence.
Antonio Gomes de Castro Neto +2 more
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Butyrylcholinesterase genetic variants: association with cocaine dependence and related phenotypes.
PLoS ONE, 2013 ObjectiveThe search for genetic vulnerability factors in cocaine dependence has focused on the role that neuroplasticity plays in addiction. However, like many other drugs, the ability of an individual to metabolize cocaine can also influence ...
André Brooking Negrão +6 more
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The social context of crack using careers : an ethnographic study in London [PDF]
Despite over two decades of crack use in the UK, there is little UK-focused research and little understanding of crack careers, the social context of crack use and health-related risks.
Briggs, Daniel
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Charity concerned over number of crack cocaine users.
, 2021 Charities working with drug users have expressed concern around the number of people presenting with crack cocaine dependency. An organisation in Tallaght, Dublin said it is now the number one issue they are dealing with.
Hunt, Conor
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Alcohol, cocaine, and crack dependence and psychiatric disorders [PDF]
, 2010 Este estudo objetivou verificar a frequência de transtornos psiquiátricos em dois grupos de dependentes químicos, cocaína/crack e álcool/cocaína/crack, por meio do Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I Plus).
Scheffer, Morgana +2 more
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Cheaper crack cocaine supplies in cities 'sees people travel from rural areas to buy the drug'.
, 2021 Crack cocaine users are travelling from rural county Kerry to Limerick to buy the drug because it is cheaper in the city, a drug addiction worker has said..
O'Connor, Niall
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Does Drug Illegality Beget Violence? Evidence from the Crack-Cocaine Wave in São Paulo
Economía, 2015 Mimicking the so-called great American crime decline, violent crime in the state of São Paulo dropped sharply in the 2000s after rising steadily throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
João M. P. De Mello
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Adulterants in crack cocaine in Brazil [PDF]
Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2019 Abstract Introduction Brazil is the world’s biggest consumer of crack cocaine, and dependence is a major public health issue. This is the first study to investigate the prevalence of potentially harmful adulterants present in hair samples from Brazilian patients with crack cocaine dependence.
Marcelo Ribeiro +10 more
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Prevalence of Symptoms in Patients Poisoned with Iranian Crack in Ahvaz Razi Hospital in 2008-2013 [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2017 Background: Crack is a strong and smoking form of cocaine, but Iranian crack is different from common crack cocaine, having symptoms and side effects similar to those of heroin.
Alihasan Rahmani +2 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aim The aim of this study was to develop a novel workflow to identify human urine biomarkers for drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances. Metabolites of amphetamine, cocaine, LSD, MDMA, methamphetamine, THC, MDMB‐CHMICA, and MDPPP were first identified in a zebrafish embryo (ZE) metabolism study followed by comparison to most abundant human ...
Simon K. Wellenberg +7 more
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