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The War Against Drug Producers [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops a model of a war against the producers of illegal hard drugs. This war occurs on two fronts. First, to prevent the cultivation of crops that are the raw material for producing drugs the state engages the drug producers in conflict ...
Daniel Mejia, Herschel I. Grossman
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Unspeakable Suspicions: Challenging the Racist Consensual Encounter [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
[Excerpt] In recent years, law enforcement officials have honed a new technique for fighting the War on Drugs: the suspicionless police sweep of stations and vehicles involved in interstate mass transportation.
Evans, Risa, Schoenburg, Peter
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Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The War on Drugs is Counterproductive, Once Again

open access: yesLecturas de Economía, 2009
Un modelo bisectorial de equilibrio general, que incluía las drogas como bienes básicos, fue relativamente exitoso para explicar el desperdicio de recursos que genera una guerra contra las drogas (Ortiz, 2003).
Carlos Humberto Ortiz
doaj   +2 more sources

Police, démocratie et mobilisations sociales : entrevue avec Alex S. Vitale

open access: yesLien Social et Politiques, 2020
Le sociologue américain Alex S. Vitale s’est affairé, tant dans sa production universitaire que dans son engagement militant, à documenter l’évolution des rapports entre le système de justice pénale et la politique. Il a noté une tendance de plus en plus
Emanuel Guay, Carl E. Plowright
doaj   +1 more source

The War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking: An Economic Evaluation of Plan Colombia. [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides a thorough economic evaluation of the anti-drug policies implemented in Colombia between 2000 and 2006 under the so-called Plan Colombia.
Daniel Mejía, Pascual Restrepo
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Calls for a radical change in West Africa’s drug policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A new report by the West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD) has called for a radical rethink on how West African governments tackle the war on drugs.
Jesperson, Sasha
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Medicalizing the war on drugs

open access: yesAcademic Medicine, 1995
Most medical colleges, teaching hospitals, and other health education and treatment institutions are already expanding their horizons to include attention to the public health needs of their communities. But one pressing public health problem--substance abuse--that should be treated as a disease and handled by doctors and nurses is at present entrusted
openaire   +3 more sources

Different Wars Require Different Strategies: Separating the “War on Drugs” from the “War on Drug [Traffickers]” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Using the securitization framework to highlight the arguments that facilitated the “War on Drugs”, this paper highlights a separate war against drug traffickers.
Reyes, Liana Eustacia
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