Psychotropic drugs evaluated in the context of narcotic drugs according to the new Turkish criminal law

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-320

  Asicioglu, Faruk ^a   Kucukibrahimoglu, Elif Esra ^a   Ilingi, Ufuk ^a  

^a Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Addictive drugs; Benzodiazepines; Drug addiction; Psycotropic materials; Smuggling; Turkish Criminal Law

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BIPERIDEN; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; ZOPICLONE;

ACT; ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL LAW; DATA BASE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SEIZURE; TABLET FORMULATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 79251472721     PISSN: 10177833     EISSN: 13029657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10177833.2010.11790678     Document Type: Article

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