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16. Drug use, mortality and outcomes among drug users in the general population and in methadone maintenance treatment
Sammanfattning : The two general aims of this thesis were to longitudinally analyse the association between drug use experience among young men and mortality and socio-economic situation up to late middle age and secondly the impact of methadone maintenance treatment on opiate dependents life course. Study I and II were based on a cohort of 48 024 of 50 465 men, born in 1949-51 and compulsory conscripted in 1969/70. LÄS MER
17. Synthesis of bioactive natural products and analogues
Sammanfattning : Natural products have until recently provided the only remedy for treatment of diseases. The development of modern chemistry in the last centuries has opened the door for tapping into the chemical diversity found in nature. Synthetic natural products, together with analogues, are an important piece in the puzzle towards curing many ailments. LÄS MER
18. In vivo imaging of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor using positron emission tomography
Sammanfattning : The actions of marijuana (cannabis) are mediated by receptors (primarily the cannabinoid CB1 receptor) that have unusually high density and wide distribution in brain. In addition to mediating the effects of exogenous drugs like cannabis, these receptors also receive signals from endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids), which modulate the release of several other neurotransmitters. LÄS MER
19. Socially Integrated Drug Users : Between Deviance and Normality
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to improve our knowledge of substance users in the normal population. The main concern is with how the meaning of drug use is constructed. To answer this, the thesis draws on different theoretical principles and mixed methods design. The thesis is made up of four sub-studies, with interconnected foci. LÄS MER
20. Hempseed cake as a protein feed for ruminants
Sammanfattning : Increasing the use of locally produced protein feeds in ruminant production systems in northern Europe would be a valuable development. Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) can be cultivated at high latitudes and cold-pressing the seeds to extract the oil produces a residue, hempseed cake (HC), with a high protein content. LÄS MER