Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

The illicit drug cutting represents a complex problem that requires the sharing of knowledge
from addiction studies, toxicology, criminology and criminalistics. Therefore, cutting is not …

A dramatic increase in the use and dependence of prescription opioids has occurred within
the last 10 years. The consequences of long-term prescription opioid use and dependence …

This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

Widespread public perception is that illicit drugs contain substances that are a serious risk to
health, even though adulterants are often not considered in clinical or forensic toxicology …

The following report summarizes a study performed on seized drug exhibits collected in two
US states to evaluate the presence and identification of cutting agents. Aliquots of seized …

Forensic laboratories mainly focus on the qualification and the quantitation of the illicit drug
under analysis as both aspects are used for judiciary purposes. Therefore, information …

The study aimed to assess the effects of codeine medication on some oxidative stress
parameters and how it affects the expression of enolase in neuronal cells. The codeine …

Prescription opioid use disorder (POUD) has reached epidemic proportions in the United
States, raising an urgent need for diagnostic biological tools that can improve predictions of …

Objectives Prescription opioid (PO) use by people who inject drugs (PWID) is a growing
public health concern. Non-fatal overdose remains a leading source of morbidity among …