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Auteur(s) :
RUBIN, R.
Année
2023
Page(s) :
1904-1906
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
PHENOMENE EMERGENT
;
ANTALGIQUES
;
FENTANYL
;
EFFET SECONDAIRE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
ADULTERANT
;
OPIOIDES
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
SURDOSE
;
MESUSAGE
Résumé :
Michael Ashburn, MD, MPH, tells of a new black market in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, which, compared with the city as a whole, has a significantly higher percentage of residents living in poverty and a significantly lower life expectancy.
Don't expect to find illicit drugs or designer knockoffs in this black market. Instead, said Ashburn, director of pain medicine at Penn Medicine, wheelchairs, crutches, and antibiotics are the hot commodities. [Extract]
Don't expect to find illicit drugs or designer knockoffs in this black market. Instead, said Ashburn, director of pain medicine at Penn Medicine, wheelchairs, crutches, and antibiotics are the hot commodities. [Extract]
Affiliation :
USA