Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction

Congenital narcotic addiction.

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Narcotic Addiction in Britain and America

Drug addiction in the U.S.A., in comparison with this country, remains a major ^ealth problem. Various theories have been postulated over the years to explain this difference, and Dr. Schur, in his book, has endeavoured to compare and contrast the tfect which varying administrative measures have had on the fate of the drug addict. puring a two-year research period in the U.K., he made a thoroug...

Narcotic addiction: the expectant mother and her baby.

In a retrospective study of the period 1982-1985, the records of 29 narcotic-addicted mothers and their 42 babies were reviewed. All mothers were from socially deprived backgrounds, had a poor record of ante-natal attendance and had frequent admissions to hospital. Thirteen mothers had a past history of hepatitis B and four were HBsAg positive. The babies had significantly lower mean gestationa...

Bacteriological studies with morphine-like narcotics: relevance to narcotic actions in mammals?

A search for active bacterial growth inhibitors among seven highly potent morphine-like narcotics revealed that NIH 7591 and etorphine inhibited the rates of growth of Escherichia coli by 50% at 1.9 x 10(-4) M. Bacterial cultures escaped from growth inhibition by NIH 7591 after times which were proportional to the drug concentrations and inversely proportional to the initial bacterial densities...

Two Patterns of Narcotic Drug Addiction in the United States