Background There has been a marked growth in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT)
in Iran in the past two decades with positive health outcomes. We conducted a systematic …

Discovered in the United States of America (USA) in the 1960s, ketamine was introduced as
an anaesthetic drug to specifically replace phencyclidine. Briefly, the substance moved from …

Background: Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative with dissociative anaesthetic properties.
Increasing numbers of individuals in England take ketamine recreationally. Information on …

Ketamine has become a popular recreational drug due to its neuronal anesthesia effect and
low price. The process of learning and memory is part of the distinctive high-level neural …

Purpose Underreporting of suicide is a worldwide problem. In particular, the national suicide
rates published by the Chinese Ministry of Health (“MOH”) could be severely underreported …

Point-of-care test (POCT) allows for rapid and sensitive screening of drugs of abuse.
However, traditional gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay strip is not sensitive …

Methamphetamine is one of the most commonly abused illicit drugs in Iran. Despite this fact,
there has been relatively little research on methamphetamine-associated deaths in Iran. The …

Background The impact of substance use disorders (SUD) in an Asian population has not
been fully explored. We aimed to assess the risk of mortality, accident and emergency (A&E) …

摘要阿片类毒品是世界上滥用最为严重的毒品之一, 对人体健康和社会公共安全产生的危害不容
忽视. 可靠的毒品检测技术对开展禁毒工作, 打击毒品犯罪有着重要的意义 …

Objective This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and pattern of traffic offenses
associated with driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) in 31 provinces of mainland …