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Overexpression of Adiponectin Receptors in Opium Users with and without Cancer

Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications, 2020
Negar Firouzabadi,1– 3 Maral Haghnegahdar,1 Bahman Khalvati,4 Ali Dehshahri,5 Ehsan Bahramali6 1Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Pharmaceutical Sciences Research ...
Firouzabadi N, Haghnegahdar M, Khalvati B, Dehshahri A, Bahramali E   +4 more
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Comparing Blood Lead Level among Oral/inhaled Opium Addicts with a Non-addict Control Group in the Southeast of Iran [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2016
Background: Opium is widely used among addicts in the Middle East countries such as Iran. Recent reports suggest that opium sellers cheat their customers by adding lead to the opium. Contaminated opium can threaten the health of consumers. This study was
Alireza Nemati, Shima Jafari, Mahdi Afshari, Somayeh Dahmardeh, Kaveh Tabrizian   +4 more
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A STUDY OF PLASMA LIPID PEROXIDATION, LIPIDS AND BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL IN OPIUM ADDICTS COMPARED WITH CONTROL GROUP

ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2010
  INTRODUCTION: Addiction to opioids is a major health challenge in the world today. A few studies have addressed the effects of these substances and the wrong beliefs surrounding their use.
Sedigheh Asgary, Gh Naderi, M Soghraty, P Ahmady, JR Shahrezaee   +4 more
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The historical foundations of the narcotic drug control regime [PDF]

This paper outlines the institutional history of the international narcotic drug control regime. It details the evolution of the control system, from its foundations at the beginning of the twentieth century - a period of mass, unregulated narcotic drug ...
Buxton, Julia
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Public health, human rights and the harm reduction paradigm: from risk reduction to vulnerability reduction

, 2001
This paper explores the utility of expanding the harm reduction paradigm to incorporate vulnerability reduction. The thrust of harm reduction interventions to date, particularly in injection drug use, has been risk reduction. Many interventions have been
Ezard, Nadine
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THE TREATMENT OF OPIUM ADDICTION

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1885
Mode of access: Internet.
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Paternal addiction to cigarettes, alcohol, and opium and the psychological distress of their youths in southeast Iran

Scientific Reports
Previous studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding paternal addiction to cigarettes, alcohol, and opium with psychological distress in youths.
Majid Kazemi, Parvin Khalili, Hadi Hasani, Fatemeh Chavoshian, Zahra Jalali, Maryam Hadavi, Carlo La Vecchia, Zahra Jamali   +7 more
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Treatment Response of Opium Smoking Hmong Refugees to Methadone Maintenance [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To examine the outcome of methadone maintenance in opium dependent Hmong refugees. Methods: Medical records were searched for Hmong patients in methadone treatment between 01/1995 and 09/1997.
Azeem, Muhammad Waqar, M.D., Carlson, Gregory A., B.A., Soudaly, Chomehanh, LPN   +2 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, Mehdi Ansari, Armita Shahesmaeili, Ali Qaraie   +3 more
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The Economy of Opium and Heroin Production in Afghanistan and Its Impact on HIV Epidemiology in Central Asia [PDF]

The dramatic increase of poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan has led to a serious drug addiction problem in te world. The rising heroin use, because of needle sharing, may lead to a much higher incidence of HIV infection and AIDS in ...
Nader Ghotbi, Tsuneo Tsukatani
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