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The Last Harvest? From the US Fentanyl Boom to the Mexican Opium Crisis
Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2019 For decades, farmers in the most marginalised regions of Mexico have depended for survival on the illicit cultivation of opium poppy for the US heroin market.
Romain Le Cour Grandmaison +2 more
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TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Sixteenth‐century herbaria are the oldest plant collections that survive today and, as such, they provide valuable insights in past floras and historical botanical interactions. One of the most fascinating still extant 16th‐century herbaria is the four‐volume collection of the German physician, botanist and traveler Leonhard Rauwolf (1535 ...
Anastasia Stefanaki +5 more
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Development of Genomic Simple Sequence Repeat Markers in Opium Poppy by Next-Generation Sequencing [PDF]
, 2014 Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is an important pharmaceutical crop with very few genetic marker resources. To expand these resources, we sequenced genomic DNA using pyrosequencing technology and examined the DNA sequences for simple sequence repeats
Allmer, Jens +4 more
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Variation in Oil, Protein Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Twelve Turkish Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Lines [PDF]
Journal of Medicinal Plants and By-products, 2012 Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) has two major products: alkaloids in the capsules and the seeds. The seed contains oil, protein, carbohydrate, moisture and mineral matters.
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Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 8, Page 2043-2059, August 2026.Abstract Aim To monitor community‐level consumption of 20 illicit drugs across urban areas of England using wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance at high temporal resolution. Design, setting, cases This study was conducted over a 12‐month period in 2022 sampling 24‐hour composite wastewater samples at 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs ...
Helena Rapp‐Wright +14 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S2, Page S47-S68, May 2026.Abstract This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of ...
Amy Holguin +14 more
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology, 2019 Drug abuse remains a serious health and social threat in the world. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 1n 2010, an estimated 16.5 million people use opium or its derivatives illicitly (1). Meanwhile, Iran has the first rank
Hossein Ghahremani +2 more
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, 2010 Cover for The Opium Poppy, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_zinecollection/1933/thumbnail ...
Tose, Amanda +3 more
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 421-440, May 2026.ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
Peer Schouten +4 more
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Transcriptome Profiling of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Elicitor Induced Opium Poppy
, 2015 Alkaloids are derived mainly from amino acids, and their biosynthesis includes multistep reactions. Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIA), which are secondary metabolites, are produced by the medically and economically important opium poppy (Papaver ...
Gurkok, Tugba +3 more
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