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Perspectives on addiction‐related problems in Vietnam
Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 448-457, February 2026.Abstract The article provides an overview of key substance use and addictive behaviors in Vietnam, alongside the development of addiction science, drawing from a synthesis of literature and the authors' perspectives. Over the last two decades, the primary illicit drug of concern has shifted from heroin to methamphetamine and other psychoactive ...
Nguyen Thu Trang +4 more
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Drugs and Violence in Afghanistan: A Panel VAR with Unobserved Common Factor Analysis [PDF]
This paper addresses the relationship between the level of violence and the opium market in Afghanistan’s provinces. We first provide an overview of the nature and extent of the Afghan drug trafficking.
Bove, Vincenzo, Elia, Leandro
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Elevated blood glucose levels in diabetes and prediabetes contribute to vascular inflammation and may increase the risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE). We sought to evaluate the association between different glycemic statuses and 12‐month MACE in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI ...
Ali Hosseinsabet +7 more
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The Unificatory Power of Scientific Realism [PDF]
, 2017 The no-miracles argument (Putnam, 1975) holds that science is successful because successful theories are (approximately) true. Frost-Arnold (2010) objects that this argument is unacceptable because it generates neither new predictions nor unifications ...
Park, Seungbae
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Narco Violence in Mexico: A Spatial Analysis of Drug-Related Bloodshed [PDF]
, 2012 Latin American ...
Medel, Mónica
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Response to thrombolytic agents in acute myocardial infarction in opium abusers versus non-abusers
Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2012 Objective: Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in populations. In opium abusers, level of circulating coagulation factors differs from non-abusers. The aim of this study was to evaluate response to thrombolytic
Seyed Mohammad Hashemi Jazi +2 more
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Blood Lead Levels in Asymptomatic Opium Addict Patients; a Case Control Study
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2017 Introduction:Â One of the newest non-occupational sources of lead contamination is drug addiction, which has recently been addressed as a major source of lead poisoning in some countries.
Kazem Ghaemi +7 more
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Trends in novel opioid use and detections in exposures and police drug seizures in New South Wales
Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Introduction Novel opioids, including non‐medical and non‐opium‐based opioids such as fentanyl analogues and nitazenes, pose a significant risk of harm due to their high potency. There is little published data on novel opioid detections and harms in Australia, yet they are implicated in multiple deaths.
Janette L. Smith +7 more
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Opium for the masses? Conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan [PDF]
, 2009 We show that the recent rise in Afghan opium production is caused by violent conflicts. Violence destroys roads and irrigation, crucial to alternative crops, and weakens local incentives to rebuild infrastructure and enforce law and order.
Lind, Jo Thori, Moene, Karl Ove
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A Review on Hematological Factors in Opioid-Dependent People (Opium and Heroin) after the Withdrawal Period [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2010 Background: Long-term use of opioids has acute effects on homeostasis of the body. Discovering the impacts of opioids on hematological parameters of narcotics withdrawal and dependents blood may be helpful in recognizing the homeostasis condition
Tahereh Haghpanah +2 more
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