The present special issue addresses two key areas, which at first sight may not appear to be particularly related to each other. Their novelty, however, connects them tightly. The appearance of these two issues has, on one hand, required and promoted a renewal of the perspective in addiction science and, on the other hand, could facilitate the rethinking of practical , therapeutic, and preventi...

BACKGROUND The negative consequences of narcotic use and diversion for nonmedical use are on the rise. A growing number of narcotic abusers obtain narcotic prescriptions from multiple providers ("doctor shopping"). This study sought to determine the effects of multiple postoperative narcotic providers on the number of narcotic prescriptions, duration of narcotics, and morphine equivalent dose p...

OBJECTIVE To investigate use and awareness of lawful and unlawful substances by amateur footballers in Yaounde, Cameroon. METHODS A total of 1116 amateur footballers (1037 male and 79 female) out of 1500 contacted participated in this study. They were divided into three groups: elite players (n = 314); local players (n = 723); female players (n = 79). They answered a questionnaire of 30 items...

In the last 10 years, many analogs of narcotic substances have been widely distributed in Japan as easily available psychotropic substances and this has become a serious problem. They have been sold as video cleaners, incense and reagents via the Internet or in video shops. They are not controlled under the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law because their pharmacological effects have not y...

The United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances devotes Article 17 to combating illicit traffic by sea. It establishes a mechanism for the suppression of such activities when they are carried out outside territorial sea States accordance with International Law Sea. Among tools envisaged is possibility Parties establish bilateral multilateral a...

Background: The pattern of drug abuse in Iran has dramatically changed in recent years, turning from the traditional opioids [opium, opium dross, and refined opium dross (Shireh)] into drugs with newer forms. The present study is aimed at investigating the frequency of pathological changes in the lungs of bodies with positive postmortem toxicology results for narcotics and psychotropic substanc...

Background: Prisoner’s addiction is one of the major problems in many countries which imposes very high medical costs and social harm to communities. This study investigated the pattern of substance use and related factors in male prisoners in one of the prisons in southeastern Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2016. The study population was inmates of a prison in sout...

The article considers the peculiarities of criminal liability employees health care institutions for violation provisions Art. 320 Criminal Code Ukraine, which consists two parts, differ in ways (forms) committing offenses and limits liability. methodological basis study includes logical-semantic method, by types methods under Ukraine are studied; a systematic approach, on author analyses seque...

Countering doping in modern sport plays an important role. In order to effectively apply various types of legal liability, it is necessary determine what substances and methods are prohib­ited sport. Since the advent full-fledged anti-doping rules (1967), list such methods, as well control system, have been dynamically changing. The system received significant development after formation World ...