Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box

As defined by the World Health Organization, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), given its special geopolitical situation and internal/external conflicts, faces an increase in illegal activities such as drug production and trafficking, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein, Akbari, Abolfazl, Rafei, Parnian, Butner, JL, Khan, Riaz, Khazaal, Yasser, Arab, Abdulmalik Zuhair, Qazizada, Mohammed Rafiq, Al-Ansari, Basma, Baldacchino, Alexander Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
Materias:
Thematic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9540563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36287793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.53
_version_ 1784803734827565056
author Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein
Akbari, Abolfazl
Rafei, Parnian
Butner, JL
Khan, Riaz
Khazaal, Yasser
Arab, Abdulmalik Zuhair
Qazizada, Mohammed Rafiq
Al-Ansari, Basma
Baldacchino, Alexander Mario
author_facet Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein
Akbari, Abolfazl
Rafei, Parnian
Butner, JL
Khan, Riaz
Khazaal, Yasser
Arab, Abdulmalik Zuhair
Qazizada, Mohammed Rafiq
Al-Ansari, Basma
Baldacchino, Alexander Mario
author_sort Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein
collection PubMed
description As defined by the World Health Organization, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), given its special geopolitical situation and internal/external conflicts, faces an increase in illegal activities such as drug production and trafficking, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of the substance use situation. On the basis of a review of published papers between 2015 and 2021 we briefly review substance use in the EMR with special focus on the emerging drugs pertinent to this region, namely tramadol, captagon and khat.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9540563
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Cambridge University Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-95405632022-10-24 Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein Akbari, Abolfazl Rafei, Parnian Butner, JL Khan, Riaz Khazaal, Yasser Arab, Abdulmalik Zuhair Qazizada, Mohammed Rafiq Al-Ansari, Basma Baldacchino, Alexander Mario BJPsych Int Thematic Paper As defined by the World Health Organization, the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), given its special geopolitical situation and internal/external conflicts, faces an increase in illegal activities such as drug production and trafficking, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of the substance use situation. On the basis of a review of published papers between 2015 and 2021 we briefly review substance use in the EMR with special focus on the emerging drugs pertinent to this region, namely tramadol, captagon and khat. Cambridge University Press 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9540563/ /pubmed/36287793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.53 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Thematic Paper
Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein
Akbari, Abolfazl
Rafei, Parnian
Butner, JL
Khan, Riaz
Khazaal, Yasser
Arab, Abdulmalik Zuhair
Qazizada, Mohammed Rafiq
Al-Ansari, Basma
Baldacchino, Alexander Mario
Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box
title Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box
title_full Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box
title_fullStr Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box
title_full_unstemmed Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box
title_short Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: opening Pandora's box
title_sort tramadol, captagon and khat use in the eastern mediterranean region: opening pandora's box
topic Thematic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9540563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36287793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.53
work_keys_str_mv AT mohaddesardabilihossein tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT akbariabolfazl tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT rafeiparnian tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT butnerjl tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT khanriaz tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT khazaalyasser tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT arababdulmalikzuhair tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT qazizadamohammedrafiq tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT alansaribasma tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox
AT baldacchinoalexandermario tramadolcaptagonandkhatuseintheeasternmediterraneanregionopeningpandorasbox

Ejemplares similares