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How Myanmar became the opium capital of the world [PDF]
Myanmar’s opium production, along with heroin exports, have skyrocketed since the 2021 coup, as economic and social turmoil leaves many farmers with few alternatives.
Luong, Hai
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Signatories of global conservation treaties have pledged to support Indigenous peoples' rights and roles in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems. Movements embracing biocultural concepts (e.g. Indigenous ecological knowledge, cultural ecosystem services) and governance approaches (e.g. sacred natural sites, biosphere reserves) have provided
Marco J. Haenssgen +12 more
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Lead Serum Levels in Opium-Dependent Individuals [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2010 Backgrond: Drug abuse, especially opium abuse, is a major public health problem in Iran. Recent reports suggest that opium sellers cheat their customers by adding lead to the opium. Contaminated opium can threaten the health of consumers.
Mohammad Mehdi Hayatbakhsh Abbasi +3 more
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Dari Impor Hingga Ke Tangan Konsumen: Perdagangan Opium di Karesidenan Surabaya, 1870-1898
Fajar Historia: Jurnal Ilmu Sejarah dan Pendidikan, 2022 Opium is a narcotic that the Javanese people widely consumed in the 19th century. The high level of consumption of opium by the public raises concerns because of its detrimental effects if consumed in excess.
Rifda Salsabila +2 more
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Opium and the beginnings of Chinese capitalism in Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2002 This paper deals with the relationship between opium revenue farming and the development of capitalist enterprises in Southeast Asia. It examines the role which opium played in the transformation of all Asian economies during the late eighteenth and ...
Trocki, Carl A.
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Large language models unlock large text corpora in the search for data on medicinal plants and fungi
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Millions of people worldwide depend on plants and fungi for their healthcare needs, yet our understanding of which species are used medicinally—and how—remains fragmented and incomplete. As part of Kew's Plants for Health service, we developed a pipeline to mine large text corpora for information on natural products, initially focusing on the medicinal
Adam Richard‐Bollans +6 more
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International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2015 Background: Opium abuse as a relatively common behavior among Iranian population may have an association with the other coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors.
Hamid Najafipour +8 more
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Second Opium Conference : convention protocol. [PDF]
, 1928 Conference proceedings of the League of Nations\u27 Second Opium Conferencehttps://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/eastbooks/1033/thumbnail ...
Opium Conference Geneva, Switzerland) 1924-1925 : (2nd :
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Understanding plant chemicals is vital for medicine and agriculture, but global data remain fragmented and biased. We developed an AI‐powered tool to automatically extract plant‐compound information from scientific literature at scale and low cost. Our analysis revealed significant knowledge gaps, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. By efficiently
Adam Richard‐Bollans, Francesco Civita
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Effects of Opium Smoking Cessation on the Nasopharyngeal Microbial Flora [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2010 Background: To determine the effect of opium smoking cessation on the frequency and type of microorganisms in the nasopharynx of opium smokers. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed in psychology and ENT department of Moradi Hospital of
Ali Golshiri +7 more
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