TY - JOUR
T1 - Tramadol, captagon and khat use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
T2 - opening Pandora's box
AU - Mohaddes Ardabili, Hossein
AU - Akbari, Abolfazl
AU - Rafei, Parnian
AU - Butner, Jenna
AU - Khan, Riaz
AU - Khazaal, Yasser
AU - Arab, Abdulmalik Zuhair
AU - Qazizada, Mohammed Rafiq
AU - Al-Ansari, Basma
AU - Baldacchino, Alexander Mario
N1 - Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - captagon
KW - Eastern Mediterranean region
KW - Epidemiology
KW - khat
KW - tramadol
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121245711&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1192/bji.2021.53
DO - 10.1192/bji.2021.53
M3 - Article
C2 - 36287793
AN - SCOPUS:85121245711
SN - 2056-4740
VL - 19
SP - 58
EP - 62
JO - BJPsych International
JF - BJPsych International
IS - 3
ER -
