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Den gode fiende, eller den gode pasient?

Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, 2017
This article is inspired by my master thesis in criminology. My thesis examined the war on drugs, its influence on the role of the police, and the way in which the police themselves interpret the war on drugs.
Thomas Hauge
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Traveller mothers: Obstetric and neonatal outcomes in an Irish maternity unit

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Travellers' ethnicity was only formally acknowledged by the Irish State in 2017. They experience persistent racism and discrimination, resulting in poorer outcomes in terms of health, education, employment, and accommodation. Previous studies have reported higher rates of infant mortality and stillbirths among Traveller mothers. This
Nessa Hughes, Stephen W. Lindow, Lynsey Kavanagh, Barbara Burke, Lyndsay Creswell, Emma McNamee, Mark P. Hehir, Michael P. O'Connell   +7 more
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The challenge of synthetic drugs in East and South-East Asia and Oceania [PDF]

The demand for synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia and Oceania continues to rise, while rapid economic integration is creating new opportunities for transnational criminal groups to expand the illicit drug trade, warns the United Nations Office on
Justice Tettey
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Non-medical prescription drug and illicit street drug use among young Swiss men and associated mental health issues [PDF]

, 2017
Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is increasing among the general population, particularly among teenagers and young adults. Although prescription drugs are considered safer than illicit street drugs, NMUPD can lead to detrimental ...
Baggio, Stéphanie, Daeppen, Jean-Bernard, Gmel, Gerhard, Mohler-Kuo, Meichun, Studer, Joseph   +4 more
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Understanding Substance Use and Suicide Risk Among LGBTQ+ College Students Post‐COVID‐19

Journal of Addictions &Offender Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the reported frequency of substance use, levels of suicide risk, and their relationships among LGBTQ+ college students (N = 192) following the COVID‐19 pandemic. Participants most commonly reported alcohol and marijuana use, and least commonly reported unprescribed prescription opioid or heroin use.
Afroze N. Shaikh, Jordan B. Westcott, Brittney N. R. Irion, Jackie Yang, Illiana R. Navarra‐Bueno, Hannah Martinson, Noah Diaz   +6 more
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Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market.
Andrew Allison, Jason Brennan, Peter Jaworski   +2 more
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Findings from the DUMA program: impact of reduced methamphetamine supply on consumption of illicit drugs and alcohol [PDF]

This paper presents an analysis of retrospective self-reports from methamphetamine users (police detainees) on the impact that periods of reduced methamphetamine supply had on reported consumption of methamphetamine, alcohol and other illicit drugs ...
Sarah Coghlan, Susan Goldsmid
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A personal 360° view of applications of ‘biomimetic’ molecular recognition

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract Molecular recognition between biological molecules has formed the basis for innumerable applications in biotechnology for the last seven decades or so. Techniques such as affinity chromatography, solid‐phase and aqueous two‐phase extraction, affinity precipitation, biomimetic catalytic systems, biosensors and molecular imprinting all exploit ...
Christopher R Lowe
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The use of wastewater analysis in forensic intelligence: drug consumption comparison between Sydney and different European cities

Forensic Sciences Research, 2019
Wastewater analysis offers objective and complementary information to illicit drug agencies by monitoring patterns of illicit drug consumption. In this study, wastewater samples from three different wastewater treatment plants in Sydney, Australia were ...
Anne Bannwarth, Marie Morelato, Lisa Benaglia, Frederic Been, Pierre Esseiva, Olivier Delemont, Claude Roux   +6 more
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Sequelae of child maltreatment: Umbrella synthesis of 148 meta‐analyses on the mental health correlates

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Our umbrella synthesis found strong, often equivalent, associations between child maltreatment and all examined mental health difficulties. Different types of maltreatment appear to have comparably negative effects on mental health. If replicated, these findings may cause us to reconsider conventional wisdom that suggests some forms of CM are less ...
Barry Coughlan, Robbie Duschinsky, Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Lianne Bakkum, Guy C. M. Skinner, Alfred Markham, Helen Beckwith, Marinus H. van Ijzendoorn   +7 more
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