Smokable drugs: pharmacologic basis for consumer appeal
Smokable drugs: pharmacologic basis for consumer appeal
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吸烟药物:吸引消费者的药理学基础
DOI:
10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02934.x
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发表时间:
1997
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
J. Henningfield
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文献类型:
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作者:
W. Pickworth;J. Henningfield
The emergence of heroin smoking in Hong Kong in the 1920s and its subsequent spread throughout Asia and into western Europe over the next 50 years recalls the appeal of other smokable drugs. In addition to heroin, smokable forms of phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine, indole hallucinogens (eg dimethyltryptamine, DMT) and amphetamines are becoming increasingly available as are the traditionally smoked drugsnicotine, opium and tetrahydrocannibinol (marijuana). Also smoked are drug combinations: PCP and cocaine ('spacebase'), cocaine and heroin (chasing and basing'), cocaine and tobacco ('caviars') and crack cocaine and marijuana ('grimmie')(Wesson & Washburn, 1990).Drug smoking reduces barriers to intravenous injection such as the fear of needles and infectious diseases, and eliminates the need to procure syringes and needles. Smokable forms of drugs are readily available, relatively inexpensive, there is little concern about sterility and, generally, are more convenient to administer than intravenous solutions. Stimuli associated with smoking (eg taste, smell, sensations in the throat and pharynx) may increase the appeal and the addiction liability of the smoked drug (Rose & Levin, 1991). Furthermore, lung absorption avoids the initial hepatic metabolism that occurs after oral administration which can greatly reduce the amount of drug that reaches the systemic circulation.
DOI:
10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01816.x
发表时间:
1991
期刊:
British journal of addiction
影响因子:
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作者:
Rose,JE;Levin,ED
通讯作者:
Levin,ED