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Agency and exchange: an ethnography of a heroin marketplace by Dwyer, Robyn

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Naloxone for administration by peers in cases of heroin overdose by Lenton, Simon, Dietze, P., Degenhardt, L., Darke, S., Butler, Tony

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New types of African heroines in Hollywood: Black Panther by Yasantha Devi Chandiran, Shanthini Pillai Joseph Sandra

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Privileging pleasure: Temazepam injection in a heroin marketplace by Dwyer, Robyn

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A Prospective Study of Non-Fatal Heroin Overdose by Fatovich, D., Bartu, Anne, Daly, F.

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Natural History Of Heroin Addiction And Adjunctive Drug Use. by Navaratnam, Profesor Madya (Dr.) V., Foong, Dr. , Kin

“…This research report presents the main results from structured interviews of 249 opiate addicts (97.6% heroin), coming from the street scene, from treatment centres and from prison in the larger Penang area. …”
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The social life of smokes: Processes of exchange in a heroin marketplace. by Dwyer, Robyn

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Heroin use impairs smoking cessation among Australian prisoners by Indig, D., Wodak, A., Richmond, R., Butler, Tony, Archer, V., Wilhelm, K.

“…Many prisoners have used heroin. The aims of this study were to investigate the impact of heroin use on smoking cessation and the social determinants of health among prisoners. …”
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Forensic profiling of heroin seized from northern region of Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohd Zawawi

“…This study is aimed at establishing the possible relationship among the heroin samples seized from different sources for predicting the trafficking network of illicit heroin in northern region of Malaysia. …”
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Altruism and peer-led hiv prevention targeting heroin and cocaine users by Convey, M., Dickson-Gomez, J., Weeks, M., Li, Jianghong

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Psychiatric comorbidity in a cohort of heroin and amphetamine users in Perth Western Australia by Bartu, Anne, Codde, James

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Risk factors for craving and relapse in heroin users treated with oral or implant naltrexone by Hulse, G., Ngo, H., Tait, Robert

“…Background: Oral naltrexone effectively antagonizes heroin, but patient noncompliance limits its utility; sustained-release preparations may overcome this. …”
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Sexual behaviour among male methamphetamine and heroin dependents in selected areas in Malaysia by Mohd Fadzli Mohamad Isa, Ng, Chong Guan, Rusdi Abd Rashid, Mohd Hussain Habil, Hatta Sidi, Mas Ayu Said, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman

“…This study aims to describe the pattern of sexual behaviour among methamphetamine and heroin users. It describes the pattern of sexual behaviour based on aspects of sex such as desire, interest, drive and obsession in relation to the drug use. …”
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An Evaluation And Development Of Chromatographic Methods For The Study Of Chemical Profiles Of Illicit Heroin Samples. by Chhunnu Lal, Shobha Kumar, Nair, N.K., Navaratnam, V.

“…(TLC) , High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPle) and Gas Chromatography (GC) systems were developed for separation and quantitation of the major and some of the trace opiates present in illicit heroin samples. …”
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Improving clinical outcomes in treating heroin dependence: randomized, controlled trial of oral or implant naltrexone by Hulse, G., Morris, N., Arnold-Reed, D., Tait, Robert

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The introduction of CCTV and associated changes in heroin purchase and injection settings in Footscray, Victoria, Australia by Scott, N., Higgs, Peter, Caulkins, J., Aitken, C., Cogger, S., Dietze, P.

“…Methods: Using heroin purchase data from the Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study, multinomial logistic models with fixed effects for CCTV introduction were used to estimate the percentage of: (1) heroin purchased on the street, from mobile dealers and in house settings; and (2) heroin injections occurring in street, car, public toilet, and house settings. …”
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Heroin-gel capsules and groin injecting practices among ethnic Vietnamese in Melbourne, Australia by Higgs, P., Dwyer, Robyn, Duong, D., Thach, M., Hellard, M., Power, R., Maher, L.

“…Controversially, femoral vein administration of diphenhydramine–heroin cocktails was also seen as a harm reduction strategy by participants. …”
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Mortality in heroin users 3 years after naltrexone implant or methadone maintenance treatment by Tait, Robert, Ngo, H., Hulse, G.

“…Concerns that treatment for heroin dependence using naltrexone may increase suicide rates during treatment and fatal overdoses posttreatment have been expressed. …”
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A Rapid Test for Heroin (3,6-Diacetylmorphine) Based on Two Chemiluminescence Reactions by Agg, K., Craddock, A., Bos, R., Francis, P., Lewis, Simon, Barnett, N.

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Governing street-based injecting drug users: A critique of heroin overdose prevention in Australia by Moore, David

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