Heroin
Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is an opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt which is distinguished from black tar heroin, a variable admixture of morphine derivatives—predominantly 6-MAM (6-monoacetylmorphine), which is the result of crude acetylation during clandestine production of street heroin. Diamorphine is used medically in several countries to relieve pain, such as during childbirth or a heart attack, as well as in opioid replacement therapy. It is typically injected, usually into a vein, but it can also be smoked, snorted, …
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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 16 November 2023 English
Opioid overdose deaths in older adults have increased substantially over the past two decades. This increase has occurred despite the availability of effective treatments. Methadone, one of just three medications …
increasingly turned to more harmful drugs: initially heroin and then fentanyl and its synthetic analogs. The … substances at intake. We include episodes for which heroin, non−prescription methadone, or other opiates and … monitoring programs on opioid pre- scriptions and heroin crime rates. Available at SSRN 3050692. Mattick …
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society · 15 November 2023 English
At the heart of all three of these strategic goals lies the PLA as the most technologically advanced military in the world, a core CCP strategy to be achieved by …
Chinese military, CNOOC has been implicated in the heroin trade, involving business ventures with Burmese … subjected to US Treasury sanctions) categorised as heroin smugglers dating back to 2004.30 The University …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 13 November 2023
The country (compared to pre-2022 levels) may indicate a Western Balkans remains a significant source of sharp increase in supply due to a new flow of weapons weapons almost three …
with detailed characteristics, it is cocaine and heroin, legislation surrounding weapons can not the intention … In May 2021, for example, €45 million-worth of heroin was Przestępstwa przy użyciu broni, https://statystyka … seized at the port. Europol, €45 million-worth of heroin wybrane-statystyki/bron/186393,Przestepstwa-przy-uzyciu- … 134 jednostki broni, news/€45-million-worth-of-heroin-concealed-in-marble- 3 April 2023, https://cbsp … eu/media-press/newsroom/news/%E2%82%AC45-million-worth-of-heroin-concealed-in-marble-shipment-seized-in-romania …
Cato Institute · 13 November 2023 English
The New York Times today features an important article by reporter Jan Hoffman describing how what was initially perceived as an opioid‐related overdose crisis has morphed into a “polydrug” overdose …
2005, only 8.7% of opioid initiators started with heroin, but this sharply increased to 33.3% (p<0.001) …
ODPRN: Ontario Drug Policy Research Network · 10 November 2023 English
Source: Office of Chief Coroner (OCC) - Data effective November 10 2023 3 Includes confirmed and probable opioid toxicity deaths and ongoing investigations where information may be pending. [...] Number …
4 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.7 Nitazenes* 0 0 0 0.2 0.8 0.3 Heroin 7.2 4.1 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 Opioids Indicated for Pain …
EMCDDA: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction · 7 November 2023 English
INTERAGENCY GUIDANCE Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs 2023 update ECDC AND EMCDDA GUIDANCE Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs: …
European Neighbourhood Policy EU European Union HAT Heroin-assisted treatment HAV Hepatitis A virus HBV Hepatitis … [6]. Heroin-assisted treatment Treatment based on provision of diamorphine (medical-grade heroin) which … which is generally prescribed to treat long-term heroin-dependent individuals who have not responded to … It is also referred to as supervised injectable heroin. Injecting risk behaviour Behaviours that may include … than 10 in 1 000 in Estonia [36]. While the use of heroin and other opioids remains relatively rare in Europe …
United Nations Security Council · 7 November 2023 English
Concerning the support of the international community, the Special Envoy called on the Council and the International Contact Group for the Great Lakes region to support regional dialogue efforts and …
remotely, and publishing estimates of how much heroin had been produced from the most recent harvest …
Wilson Center Canada · 6 November 2023 English
Given the panoply of issues the new president will face and the limited time available to develop strategies to address them, the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute prepared this booklet of …
opium gum income.7 The collapse of the price in heroin has left 5 Mexico Institute, “Understanding the … sold opium gum to intermediaries who profited from heroin production.8 In a potential collaboration with …
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 6 November 2023 English
year, the income from the manufacture and trafficking of heroin exceeded the income of farmers who cultivated opium by far, and the value of heroin exports alone has frequently exceeded the value of Afghanistan’s … exported in the form of heroin and in the form of opium. [...] In 2022, only the income from opium poppy cultivation, excluding the larger profits from the processing and trade of heroin and other opiates, …
................................. 14 Opium and heroin production ................................... … ................................. 35 Opium and heroin seizures ..................................... … reduced the supply of opium and export quality heroin coming out of the 2023 harvest. Opium production … opium harvest could be converted into 24-38 tons heroin of export quality (50 – 70% purity). In 2022 that … The production of opiates (opium, morphine, and heroin) has arguably been Afghanistan’s largest and most …
HBS: Heinrich Boll Foundation · 6 November 2023
THE GALLANT HEROINES, INCLUDING THE WIVES AND SISTERS OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS, SHOWED THE COUNTRY THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF THE FEMINIST RESOLVE TO FIGHT INJUSTICE AGAINST. [...] …
THE GALLANT HEROINES, INCLUDING THE WIVES AND SISTERS OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS, SHOWED THE COUNTRY THE COLLECTIVE POWER …
