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Trading in troubled times: The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic, military coup, and Chinese border closure on the Kachin amber industry

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper investigates the impact of Covid‐19, border closure, and the military coup on the mining and trading of Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and the 2021 military coup have dramatically affected the lives and livelihoods of communities across Myanmar.
Seng Lawn Dan, Alessandro Rippa
wiley   +1 more source

Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin: A grounded theory of detoxification-seeking

open access: yesGrounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2011
Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their concern
Marie Claire Van Hout, BSc.,MSc., PhD.   +1 more
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Association of a Common NOS1AP Variant with Attenuation of QTc Prolongation in Men with Heroin Dependence Undergoing Methadone Treatment. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Pers Med, 2022
Chang KC   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Neuropsychopharmacology of hallucinogenic and non‐hallucinogenic 5‐HT2A receptor agonists

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocin were once relegated to the fringes of medical research because of their association with counterculture movements and a perceived concern about harm through recreational use, and their consequent legal prohibition in the early 1970s.
Trevor Sharp, Aurelija Ippolito
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of vanillylmandelic acid determination in opiate users [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medical Biochemistry, 2009
Although knowledge about the etiology of heroin dependence is rather poor, it is known that the influence of opiates on the opioid, adrenergic and indirectly of GABA on the dopaminergic receptors leads to changes of catecholamine levels in brain ...
Janićević-Ivanovska Danijela   +4 more
doaj  

A prospective observational study of heroin users in Johannesburg, South Africa: Assessing psychiatric comorbidities and treatment outcomes

open access: yesComprehensive Psychiatry, 2019
Background: Despite the rise in heroin use in sub Saharan-Africa opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT) is still not state-funded in South Africa and many other African countries.
Nirvana Morgan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cocaine and heroin dependence compared in poly-drug abusers. [PDF]

open access: bronze, 1988
Deborah S. Hasin   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Psychedelics as pharmacotherapeutics for substance use disorders: A scoping review on clinical trials and perspectives on underlying neurobiology

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Theorized mechanism of dopamine homeostasis restoration in the nucleus accumbens core induced by a psychedelic intervention. Abstract Psychedelics have garnered great attention in recent years as treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment‐resistant depression because of their ability to alter consciousness and afflicted cognitive ...
Lucas Wittenkeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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