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Revisiting Afghanistan's Drug Policy: A Policy Analysis of Eradication, Harm Reduction, and Economic Dependencies. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background Afghanistan's responses to illicit drugs have oscillated between punitive eradication and limited harm‐reduction initiatives. Two decades of heavy external spending, entrenched conflict, and an economy intertwined with opium have blunted policy effectiveness.
Azizi MQ +8 more
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Journal of Oasis Agriculture and Sustainable DevelopmentAfghanistan, particularly Nangarhar Province, has grappled with the complicate nature of opium poppy cultivation, influenced by an intricate combination of historical, socio-economic, and geopolitical factors. Opium, serving as the main source of income
Abdulsaboor Dawlatzai, Ryan Qasimullah
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017 Downy mildew (DM) of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) caused by Peronospora somniferi is one of the most destructive diseases of this crop due to the systemic nature of infection as compared with local infections caused by Peronospora meconopsidis, the ...
Miguel Montes-Borrego +3 more
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Detection of substrate binding motifs for morphine biosynthetic pathway intermediates in novel wound inducible (R,S)-reticuline 7-O-methyltransferase of Papaver somniferum [PDF]
, 2011 The benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIA) comprise a large and diverse group of nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites with about 2500 compounds identified in plants.
Abha Meena +5 more
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ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.Natural products derived from plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and minerals contain diverse bioactive classes such as alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, tannins, and phenolics. These natural products work through different mechanisms, including ROS inhibition, NF‐κB suppression, and cytokine regulation, and exhibit wide applications across ...
Sajid Ali +4 more
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The application of time-series MODIS NDVI profiles for the acquisition of crop information across Afghanistan [PDF]
, 2014 We investigated and developed a prototype crop information system integrating 250 m Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data with other available remotely sensed imagery, field data, and ...
Juniper, Graham R. +3 more
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Mapping Opium Poppy Cultivation: Socioeconomic Insights from Satellite Imagery
ACM J. Comput. Sustain. Soc.Over 30 million people globally consume illicit opiates. In recent decades, Afghanistan has accounted for 70–90% of the world’s illicit supply of opium.
Arogya Koirala +2 more
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The Chemical Record, EarlyView.This review highlights the characteristic odor markers of illicit drugs, emphasizing volatile markers from both natural and synthetic sources, and explores the shift from canine‐based detection to emerging noncontact sensing technologies. Illicit drug use remains a global concern, requiring effective detection methods to counter evolving concealment ...
Minwoo Kim +4 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2008 Background Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) produces a diverse array of bioactive benzylisoquinoline alkaloids and has emerged as a model system to study plant alkaloid metabolism.
Vogel Hans J +3 more
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ケシ/ アヘンから描く地域生態史 ―中国雲南省紅河県の事例研究― [PDF]
, 2016 Utilizing the data, collected from Honghe County Gazetter, concerning the prohibition against poppy & opium and the introduction of substitute crop for poppy, this paper 1) shows the prosperity and decay of the production, distribution and utilization ...
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