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The development impact of the illegality of drug trade [PDF]
This paper reviews the unintended consequences of the war on drugs, particularly for developing countries, and weighs them against the evidence regarding the efficacy of prohibition to curb drug use and trade.
Keefer, Philip +2 more
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Comparison of Sleep Quality Indices in Patients with Opium and Methamphetamine Addiction
Journal of Sleep Sciences, 2019 Background and Objective: Sleep and sleep-related indices can be altered in substance users especially methamphet-amine and opioid users. Studies have shown that sleep in substance users does not change uniformly.
Mohammad Fadaei +6 more
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Social and Psychological Factors in Narcotics Addiction [PDF]
, 1957 Clausen, John A.
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The Opium Wars, Opium Legalization, and Opium Consumption in China [PDF]
The effect of drug prohibition on drug consumption is a critical issue in debates over drug policy. One episode that provides information on the consumption-reducing effect of drug prohibition is the Chinese legalization of opium in 1858.
Chris Feige, Jeffrey A. Miron
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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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A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
Attila Tasnádi, Trenton G. Smith
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Lipid Profile Comparison between Opium Addicts and Non-Addicts
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2008 Background: This study was done to test the notion that opium can reduce serum lipids and decrease the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in opium addicts; we made a comparison between the lipid profiles of opium addicts and non-addicts. Methods: In this study, we compared 100 male opium addicts (according to the ICD-10 criteria) who had referred ...
Mohammad Reza Sargolzaee +3 more
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Substance Abuse in Addicts Referred to Public and Private Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
International Archives of Health Sciences, 2015 Aims Drug addiction is a mental, social, and economic problem that comes from abnormal and illicit consumption of substances such as alcohol, opium, hashish, and etc., making the addict psychologically and physiologically dependent to those substances.
Kadkhodaei M.* MSc, +2 more
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Does the Behaviour of Myopic Addicts Support the Rational Addiction model?: A Simulation [PDF]
Becker and Murphy (1988) constructed, in a well-known paper, a model of rational addiction in which people solve a dynamic optimization problem, choose an optimal timepath of drug consumption and thereby maximize lifetime utility.
Björn Frank
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