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All opinions are not equal: Toward a consensual approach to the development of drug policy

Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 812-828, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Drug policy has been subjected to much scrutiny from different stakeholder groups who present sometimes very different opinions on solutions to address a problem. Reconciling such differences, that are underpinned by both anecdotal and empirical evidence, is a priority yet to be fully achieved.
Gabriel T. W. Wong, Matthew Manning
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J‐SUPPORT research policy for oral mucositis associated with cancer treatment

Cancer Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 24, Page 4816-4829, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Oral mucositis is one of the main areas of research in supportive and palliative care of cancer patients. However, the methodology of prospective clinical trials on oral mucositis has not been established, despite its uniqueness.
Tomoya Yokota, Takao Ueno, Yoshihiko Soga, Hiroto Ishiki, Yasuhito Uezono, Takehiko Mori, Sadamoto Zenda, Yosuke Uchitomi   +7 more
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Clinical Relevance of Drug–Drug Interactions With Antibiotics as Listed in a National Medication Formulary: Results From Two Large Population‐Based Case‐Control Studies in Patients Aged 65–100 Years Using Linked English Primary Care and Hospital Data

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 423-434, February 2023., 2023
This study evaluated drug–drug interactions (DDIs) between antibiotic and nonantibiotic drugs listed with warnings of severe outcomes in the British National Formulary based on adverse drug reaction (ADR) detectable with routine International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision coding.
Tjeerd Pieter van Staa, Munir Pirmohamed, Anita Sharma, Iain Buchan, Darren M. Ashcroft   +4 more
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Lower gastrointestinal function after surgery for deep endometriosis: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 160, Issue 1, Page 280-288, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To prospectively compare long‐term lower gastrointestinal function before and after laparoscopic surgery for deep endometriosis (DE). Methods In this prospective observational study we followed 149 patients with confirmed DE who were treated surgically.
Uri P. Dior, Charlotte Reddington, Claudia Cheng, Gabriel Levin, Carmel McInerney, Alan Moss, Martin Healey   +6 more
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Risk and protective factors for marijuana use and problems with use in a national sample of female Ecuadorian secondary school students

International Journal of Psychology, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page 85-89, February 2023., 2023
This study investigated risk and protective factors for marijuana use and problems with use in Ecuadorian girls in an attempt to inform this growing problem. Female secondary school students (N = 16,310; M = 15.02, SD = 1.73 years) who completed the 2016 national survey of drug use participated. The likelihood of lifetime marijuana use, reported by 7.3%
Daniela Ocaña‐Gordillo, Wendy Kliewer
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Transferrin-Pep63-liposomes accelerate the clearance of Aβ and rescue impaired synaptic plasticity in early Alzheimer’s disease models

Cell Death Discovery, 2021
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by aberrant accumulation of extracellular β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides in the brain. Soluble Aβ oligomers are thought to be the most neurotoxic species and are correlated with cognitive dysfunction in early AD ...
Xiu Yang, Xu Li, Le Liu, Yuan-Hao Chen, Yue You, Yin Gao, Yue-Ying Liu, Li Yang, Kun Tong, Di-Shi Chen, Jing-Ru Hao, Nan Sun, Zi-Ming Zhao, Can Gao   +13 more
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Adjudication and Treatment of Narcotic Drug Offenders in Ghana

The Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health, 2023
Narcotic drug trafficking is a criminal and punishable offence in every country the world over. The use of certain narcotic drugs, on the other hand (especially marijuana), has been legalised in some countries, but under strict regulations.
Jacob Agboli
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Component analysis of illicit morphia tablets (clandestine laboratory preparation) using gas chromatography mass spectrometry: a case study

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018
Background Various synthetic or semi-synthetic drugs like cocaine, amphetamine type stimulants (ATS), and heroin are produced and processed in clandestine laboratories. Every clan lab has its own procedures and protocols for drug synthesis and processing.
Muhammad Usman, Tahir Jamshaid, Abid Naseer, Yawar Baig, Zahid Mehmood, Muhammad Shahwar, Shahnaz Akhtar, Muhammad Taimoor Chaudhary, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Ashraf Tahir   +9 more
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Forensic toxicological analysis of hair: a review

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2019
Analysis of hair provides useful information regarding drug addiction history or drug toxicity. Keeping in view some important applications of hair analysis, a lot of work done in the past few decades has been reviewed in this article. When compared with
Muhammad Usman, Abid Naseer, Yawar Baig, Tahir Jamshaid, Muhammad Shahwar, Shazia Khurshuid   +5 more
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The Role of Epigenetic Modifications in Neurotoxicity Induced by Neonatal General Anesthesia

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
It has been widely demonstrated by numerous preclinical studies and clinical trials that the neonates receiving repeated or long-time general anesthesia (GA) could develop prolonged cognitive dysfunction.
Lin-Hui Ma, Lin-Hui Ma, Jing Yan, Jing Yan, Xin-Hao Jiao, Xin-Hao Jiao, Cheng-Hua Zhou, Yu-Qing Wu, Yu-Qing Wu   +8 more
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