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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Drug control"”.
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The global politics of illicit-drug control
… availability and growing consumption of illicit drugs. The increase in drug trafficking and drug use has occurred despite increasing international action to prevent it. In describing the situation as a "drug problem", policy-makers have responded to the concern as if it were a single issue. …
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Prospects for United States-Mexican cooperation in the war on drug trafficking
Drug control policy on the Southwest U.S. border requires an exceptional level of cooperation between Mexico and the United States. This thesis examines the formulation and evolution of drug control policies in both countries, and analyzes the mutual interests and the unique constraints facing …
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Developing A Strategy to Combat Drug Abuse in Philadelphia, 1960-1973
How did Philadelphia develop its first drug control strategy between 1960 and 1973? This study argues that Philadelphia's drug control strategy was part of an array of collaborative responses to the composite challenges of urban decay and was influenced by concerns for development, law enforcement, …
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The constitutional case for legal regulation of illicit drugs in South Africa
… of this paper is that South Africa's current drug policy is unsound and unconstitutional. The legislative and policy framework is based on the prohibition of certain psychoactive substances deemed illicit and the criminalisation of their production, distribution and use, to wit: prohibition …
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Characteristics That Discriminate Between Successful and Unsuccessful Drug Withdrawal Candidates Among Mentally Retarded Persons (Neuroleptic, Psychotropic, Major Tranquilizers)
… of mentally retarded persons with neurolepic drugs is questionable. Many mentally retarded persons receiving neuroleptics should not remain on these drugs because the drugs have not suppressed maladaptive behaviors and have in some cases, interfered with learning. Unfortunately, little …
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The relationship between norms and hegemony : exploring international drug prohibition over the last 100 years
… adopted the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), explicitly proscribing the manufacturing of, trade in, and use of narcotics for anything but scientific and medicinal purposes. Today, the 1961 agreement, alongside the similarly-focused 1971 and 1988 UN Conventions remain the bases of …
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Baudžiamoji atsakomybė už neteisėtą disponavimą narkotinėmis ar psichotropinėmis medžiagomis /
… Liability for Illegal Possession of Narcotic Drugs or Psychotropic Substances This thesis analyzes the criminal for unlawful possession of narcotic or psychotropic substances. In the first chapter, the author analyzes the criminal for unlawful possession of narcotic and psychotropic substances …
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Pathologizing and Criminalizing Intoxication: Addiction, Psychoactive Drugs, and the Ideological Underpinnings of the War on Drugs
… between alcohol and opium. The rise of a federal drug control paradigm by the end of the Progressive Era—embodied within the Harrison Act (1914) and Eighteenth Amendment (1920)—encoded medico-legal definitions of addiction in federal law. Focusing on broader anxieties about psychoactive drug use …
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Cultivating Reform: Richard Nixon's Illicit Substance Control Legacy, Medical Marijuana Social Movement Organizations, And Venue Shopping
… regulatory policies, commonly known as the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 (CSA), were drafted, promoted, and implemented by the Nixon Administration then subsequently entrenched by multiple presidents with acquiescent congresses adopting supplemental supply-side resource allocating …
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Assessment of Strength and Limitations of Drug Use Interventions: A Case of Kinondoni Municipality
Drug use is one of the major socio-economic concerns in Tanzania. Having that in mind, this study was coined with a purpose of assessing the strength and limitations of drug use interventions among out of school youth in Kinondoni Municipality. The study focused on the following institutions: Drug …
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Effectiveness of the Criminal Justice Process in Reducing Drug & Drug-Related Crimes in England & Wales
Current views on drug legislation and policies have focused on law enforcement and the coercive trend of treatment approaches under the supervision of the criminal justice system with more punitive provisions against traffickers and dealers, especially for Class A drugs, either in sentencing length …
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Elastase inhibitory, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant potential of South African plants in a multi-faceted anti-ageing approach
… 56.07 ± 0.85 µg/ mL) compared to the positive drug control, Ursolic acid (5.03±0.47 µg/mL). These lead extracts were selected for further investigation to determine their in vitro cytotoxicity, anti-inflammatory potential using cyclooxygenase-I, cyclooxygenase-II and 5-lipoxygenase, and their …
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Perceptions of illicit drugs and drug users: myth-understandings and policy consequences
… these published works relates to the ways that drugs, drug users, and the activities which surround them are often subject to exaggeration, distortion and untruths and that drug control policy, rather than being rationally based is often the result of fear, prejudice and unreason. The core of …
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Aspectos anatômicos de órgãos vegetativos (folha e caule) de Dioclea grandiflora, e sua importância química e farmacológica.
… , to establish parameters for quality control of drugs. The collected material was fixed and subje cted to the usual techniques of anatomy, for optical microscopy analysis, complemented by histochemical tests. As for morphoanatomy, Dioclea grandiflora has epidermis walls with foliar …
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Harm reduction in the context of drug use in Malaysia, a critical analysis of its justification and its compatibility with the criminal justice approach
The emergence of a harm reduction approach for drug users has prompted extensive debate in many countries. However, in Malaysia the pertinent issues regarding the bases of such an approach and its consonance with the criminal justice approach have received little attention. This thesis examines the …
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The prevalence of synthetic cannabinoids in forensic casework based on data from the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Forensic Laboratory Information System
… Cannabinoids are among newly synthetized drugs that have become widely known throughout the United States and around the world. Originally, these compounds were used by researchers to isolate the medicinal effects of natural cannabis. Ultimately these compounds found their way into the …
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An exploration of the problem representations constructed within the South African National Drug Master Plan 4th Edition (2019-2024), for a more nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities for harm reduction strategies in South Africa
… representations in South Africa's National Drug Master Plan 2019-2024 (NDMP), using Carol Bacchi's (2009) “What's the Problem Represented to be?” methodology. It challenges the conventional framing of the "drug problem" as self-evident, revealing power dynamics and historical influences …
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The acute and long lasting psychological effects of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethampethamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy'): a cohort study conducted during the period 2002-2007
… is currently an illegally abused recreational drug. Non-human animal studies demonstrate that MDMA causes non-repairable damage to serotonergic neurons. As the acute behavioural effects of MDMA are similar between non-human animals and humans, it is plausible to suggest that the neurotoxic …
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Macrophage COX-2 As a Target For Imaging And Therapy of Inflammatory Diseases Using Theranostic Nanoemulsions
… at the inflamed site compared to free drug control (cross reference: Kiran Vasudeva, Dissertation, 2015). In conclusion, inhibition of COX-2 in macrophages using theranostic nanoemulsions proves to be an effective and generalized strategy facilitating simultaneous therapy and diagnosis, …
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