Punishment for Drug Offenses in Russia
Punishment for Drug Offenses in Russia"Anti-drug legislation. 95% of all drug crimes registered in Russia in 2013–2014 were prosecuted under articles 228 and 228.1 of its Criminal Code. The severity of...
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View ArticleDevelopment of Prescribed Safer Supply in Canada
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View ArticleConcerns Regarding Unregulated Clinical Decision Support Software
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View ArticleUse of Prescription Fentanyl and Illegally Made Fentanyl in the US According...
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View ArticleReceipt of Opioid Use Disorder Treatments Prior to Fatal Overdoses and...
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View ArticleRest In Power: Kevin B. Zeese, 1955-2020
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View ArticleTotal Adult Community Supervision Population in the US
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View ArticleThe Illegal Drug Trade on the Dark Web
The Illegal Drug Trade on the Dark Web"The Dark Web is a subsection of the internet that has become a hub for illicit activities, such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and weapons trading. The...
View ArticleChanges in Dark Web Drug Markets
Changes in Dark Web Drug Markets"Descriptive analysis of the data collected through both the literature review and data scraping on the Dark Web indicated varying periods of volatility in the...
View ArticleDark Web and the Street Drug Market
Dark Web and the Street Drug Market"Highly anonymized, elusive, and unregulated, the Dark Web is an ideal landscape for vendors selling illicit substances. The substances, in addition to the markets...
View ArticleDrug Policies and the Dark Web
Drug Policies and the Dark Web"The increasing availability of potent substances such as opioids on the Dark Web indicates that the current drug policies are ineffective. Criminalizing drug use...
View ArticleEstimated Size of Drug Markets on the Dark Web
Estimated Size of Drug Markets on the Dark Web"An Internet survey conducted simultaneously in 10 European Union countries in the period 2017–2018 among some 20,000 Internet-using drug consumers,15...
View ArticleDrugs and Social Media
Drugs and Social Media"End users seem to be buying their drugs on the dark web to a lesser extent than in previous years.28 Qualitative information provided by people who use social media suggests that...
View ArticleAlcohol Use and Mortality
Alcohol Use and Mortality"In fully adjusted, prespecified models that accounted for effects of sampling, between-study variation, and potential confounding from former drinker bias and other...
View ArticleBenzodiazepines in the EU
Benzodiazepines in the EU"Non-controlled and new benzodiazepines also continued to be available in some European countries but, again, current monitoring approaches make it difficult to comment on the...
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