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Drug and Alcohol Dependence ReportsBackground: Xylazine, a non-opioid sedative not approved for human use, poses serious health risks. It is primarily found in illicitly manufactured fentanyl, but xylazine-fentanyl combinations also appear as illicit stimulant adulterants.
Bridget Duffy +4 more
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Can production and trafficking of illicit drugs be reduced or merely shifted ? [PDF]
The production of cocaine and heroin, the two most important drugs economically, has been concentrated in a small number of poor nations for 25 years. A slightly larger number of developing nations have been affected by large-scale trafficking in these ...
Reuter, Peter
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, 2023 Purpose - This study aims to problematize current calls for a "public health" approach to governing illicit drugs and the people who use them.Design/methodology/approach - It draws on a range of historical sources to describe how drugs became a problem ...
Debbaut, Steven0019966545658020030899899760090279400000-0002-2694-42245B313B9C-9C15-11E3-ADE6-D5539926BEF8 +1 more
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Occupational mortality in older workers: A forensic autopsy‐based evaluation
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract The aging of the global workforce has led to an increasing number of individuals remaining occupationally active at older ages. However, forensic autopsy‐based data on workplace deaths in this population remain limited. This study aimed to evaluate the causes and manners of workplace‐related deaths among individuals aged 65 years and older ...
Muhammet Ali Oruç +4 more
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Evaluation of illicit drug contaminants in seized cannabis in Arizona and California, 2023–2024
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Despite public health concerns, fentanyl, cocaine, and other illicit drug contaminants remain largely understudied in unregulated cannabis. Here, we developed an analytical method to quantify a panel of common illicit drugs in cannabis and tested the law enforcement seizures in Arizona and California in evaluation of the illicit drug ...
Beckner Andersano +3 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Discourse around drug policy presents a stark contrast between policing and harm reduction models, sparking debates on the state's regulatory versus protective role. Canada is an ideal case to study drug policy models due to its global recognition as a leader in harm reduction alongside continued reliance on policing of drugs.
Taylor Domingos
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Etiology of Drug Addiction Sociology
Research on Addiction, 2004 The phenomenon of illicit drugs is a physical fact with clear characteristics and objective effects which are measurable. However, its effects may or may not be compatible with observer's mental concept.
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
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Drugs and Growth-Efficient Prevention: An Inter-temporal Portfolio of Machos, Narcos and Angels [PDF]
In many countries substance abuse is a social epidemic. This paper deals conceptually with some macroeconomic aspects of widespread substance abuse with special reference to narcotic drugs.
Neri, Frank, Levy, Amnon
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Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
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