A follow-up study of girls in a London remand home during the years 1966-8 showed that 20.6% of those taking non-narcotic drugs on admission, but only 1% of non-drug-taking control admissions, had used narcotics by June 1970. Narcotic use on admission and progression to narcotic use were associated with frequent drug taking, marked involvement in a drug milieu, and a high incidence of personal ...

OBJECTIVE To check compliance of anaesthetist to current policies set for the use of medication within operation room and for induction room floor stock. METHODS The initial audit was conducted from 1st October to 31st November 2006 and reaudit after dissemination and sharing of results within the department repeated in July-August 2007. In each audit four operating rooms were visited twice a...

the narcotic drugs business find its abusement, nowadays, have been one of the most basic political, economic, health, cultural anti-family disorders in almost all over the world. despite all technologic anti cultural developments, it seems that the tendency and interest of producers, distributors and users of these drugs in all different age levels are growing up increasingly. unfortunately, t...

As the UN General Assembly Special Session 2016 on the World Drug Problem approaches, the usual consensus on policies to combat illicit drugs is breaching. Away from antagonist positions and debates on legalization versus more prohibition, we have decided to think collectively of a reform that effectively protects people’s health and human rights, while being acceptable to the largest number of...

The different pharmacological syndromes produced by morphine and related drugs in the chronic spinal dog led Martin and his colleagues (1,2) to suggest that these drugs exert their agonist actions 0y interacting with three distinct receptors (~,K, and e). Morphine was hypothesized to be an agonist for the p receptor, ketazocine (ketocyclazocine) was an agonist for the K receptor, and SKF-10,0q7...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, signed on 30 March 1961. 73 countries were represented at the conference that took place in New York from 24 January to 25 March 1961, which sought to lay a new solid foundation for drug control in the post-war United Nations era. The aim was to replace the multiple existing multilateral treaties in ...