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Counterproductive counternarcotic strategies? A study of the effects of opium eradication in the presence of imperfect capital markets and sharecropping arrangements [PDF]
In this paper, we model the economic incentives surrounding opium crop production at farm level in Afghanistan. Specifically, we examine the impact of eradication policies when opium is used as a means of obtaining credit, and when the crops are produced
Andersson, Camilla
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Direct Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Food, Beverage, and Agricultural Sample Analysis and Research
Mass Spectrometry Reviews, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 429-452, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT Ambient and direct mass spectrometry (MS) methods are becoming increasingly used for the rapid analysis of food, beverage and agricultural samples. Novel ionization approaches combined with targeted, or untargeted workflows provide analytical outcomes within a greatly reduced time period compared to traditional separation science coupled with ...
Leigh M. Schmidtke +3 more
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Responding to Afghanistan's Opium economy challenge : lessons and policy implications from a development perspective [PDF]
Opium, Afghanistan's leading economic activity, lies at the heart of the challenges the country faces in state building, governance, security, and development.
Byrd, William A.
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The Chemical Record, Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2026.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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European record of Subramaniula thielavioides on opium poppy [PDF]
, 2009 In the course of a study of fungal biodiversity of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) plants collected in production area of Slovakia, an ascomycete belonging to the genus Subramaniula was isolated.
Pastircak, M, Pastircakova, K.
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Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018 Opium poppy is an important medicinal plant because of its very valuable pharmaceutical alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine, etc. The research was carried out with the aim to examining the relationships between capsule yield, some other ...
Nimet Kara, Hasan Baydar
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Literary investigation on the origin of poppy and other narcotics Research Articles
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2009 Objectives : This study was performed to developing orally administered analgesics and locally injected pharmacopuncture analgesics like opioids. Methods : Literary investigation on the origin of poppy (Papaver somniferum L) and other narcotics was ...
Lim Chung San +5 more
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Inner Mongolia (China), opium poppy field
, 1931 Salachi - Suiyuan.
Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890-1957
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Pharmaceuticals, 2012 The in vitro shoot culture of a T-DNA insertional mutant of Papaver somniferum L. established by the infection of Agrobacterium rhizogenes MAFF03-01724 accumulated thebaine instead of morphine as a major opium alkaloid.
Kayo Yoshimatsu +3 more
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Journal of Research on History of Medicine, 2017 Opium was one of the drugs in the medieval history of Persia which has been used in medical affairs. By commercialization of poppy in Qajar dynasty with the permeation of the colonial policies, the material was conveyed to India and thence to China as a ...
Mostafa Namdari Monfared
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