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Original Article

Heroin is More Than Just Diamorphine

John Strang Professor of the Addictions and Director, National Addiction Centre, the Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Les King Head of Drugs Intelligence Laboratory, the Forensic Science Service, Lambeth Road, London
Pages iii-vii | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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Lindsey A. Hines, Katherine I. Morley, John Strang & Michael Lynskey. (2019) Characterising opportunity to use heroin reveals new avenues for intervention: context, outcomes, and latency to initiation. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 26:6, pages 469-474.
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Mats Ekendahl. (2012) Danish heroin prescription in Swedish print media: Exploring the silent agreements of harm reduction and zero tolerance. Addiction Research & Theory 20:5, pages 423-434.
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Maryam Akhgari, Farzaneh Jokar, Leila Bahmanabadi & Afshar Etemadi Aleagha. (2012) Street-level heroin seizures in Iran: a survey of components. Journal of Substance Use 17:4, pages 348-355.
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John Strang, Paul Griffiths & Michael Gossop. (1997) Heroin in the United Kingdom: Different forms, different origins, and the relationship to different routes of administration. Drug and Alcohol Review 16:4, pages 329-337.
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Bhrigupati Singh. (2021) Can a Neighborhood Fall Sick? Opioid Addiction, Collective Violence and Currents of Death in Contemporary India. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 35:2, pages 159-189.
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Lindsey A. Hines, Michael Lynskey, Katherine I. Morley, Paul Griffiths, Michael Gossop, Beverly Powis & John Strang. (2017) The relationship between initial route of heroin administration and speed of transition to daily heroin use. Drug and Alcohol Review 36:5, pages 633-638.
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P Esseiva, L Dujourdy, F Anglada, F Taroni & P Margot. (2003) A methodology for illicit heroin seizures comparison in a drug intelligence perspective using large databases. Forensic Science International 132:2, pages 139-152.
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R Dams, T Benijts, W.E Lambert, D.L Massart & A.P De Leenheer. (2001) Heroin impurity profiling: trends throughout a decade of experimenting. Forensic Science International 123:2-3, pages 81-88.
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NEIL HUNT, PAUL GRIFFITHS, MATHEW SOUTHWELL, GARRY STILLWELL & JOHN STRANG. (2009) Preventing and curtailing injecting drug use: a review of opportunities for developing and delivering ‘route transition interventions’. Drug and Alcohol Review 18:4, pages 441-451.
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John Strang, Paul Griffiths & Michael Gossop. (2006) Chasing the elusive dragon: the need for better definition. Addiction 92:6, pages 692-695.
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