Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2013 Persian poppy or great scarlet poppy (Papaver bracteatum Lindl.) is proposed as a new source of raw material for codeine production and addiction treatment. This species as a native plant is growing in North and West of Iran.
A Foroozandeh-Shahraki +7 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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From Drug War to Culture War: Russia’s Growing Role in the Global Drug Debate [PDF]
, 2014 No abstract ...
Marshall, Alexander
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Morphology, Taxonomy, Anatomy, and Palynology of the Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Cultivation in Northern Thailand. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Ngernsaengsaruay C +7 more
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Alkaloid diversity in relation to breeding for specifi c alkaloids in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) [PDF]
, 2010 Sudhir Shukla +4 more
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Can production and trafficking of illicit drugs be reduced or merely shifted ? [PDF]
The production of cocaine and heroin, the two most important drugs economically, has been concentrated in a small number of poor nations for 25 years. A slightly larger number of developing nations have been affected by large-scale trafficking in these ...
Reuter, Peter
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A Background of the Opioid Epidemic and Its Relationship to the Medicaid Expansion [PDF]
, 2019 Despite the recent increase in public awareness of the opioid epidemic, the background of this epidemic is still disappointingly unknown to the public.
Jang, Er Yearn
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Land-System Changes and Migration Amidst the Opium Poppy Collapse in the Southern Highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico (2016-2020). [PDF]
Hum Ecol Interdiscip J, 2023 Tamariz G, Zimmerer KS, Hultquist C.
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Negotiating the forest - farmland interface in northern Thailand with companion modelling [PDF]
, 2010 The debate about the expansion of agriculture in forest areas and the conservation or reforestation of head watersheds is still going on in montane Southeast Asia but in a rapidly changing context.
Dumrongrojwatthana, Pongchai +1 more
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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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