Outpatient management of individuals transporting drugs by body packing is feasible
INTRODUCTION Drug traffickers are increasingly making use of the human body for illegal drug transport. Three ways of intracorporeal drug transport are practiced, namely “body packing”, “body stuffing” and “body pushing.” Since police and border guards cannot accurately detect intracorpo...
Main Authors: | Christian Wirth, Christian H. Nickel, Artur Stickel, Juerg Mueller, Simon Fuchs, Roland Bingisser |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW)
2019-09-01
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Series: | Swiss Medical Weekly |
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Online Access: | https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2667 |
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