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Economic consequences of legal and illegal drugs: The case of social costs in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Background: Legal and illegal drugs impose a considerable burden to the individual and to society. The misuse of addictive substances results in healthcare and law enforcement costs, loss of productivity and reduced quality of life.
Methods: A social cost study was conducted to estimate the substance-attributable costs of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and psychoactive medication to Belgian society in 2012. The cost-of-illness ...
Methods: A social cost study was conducted to estimate the substance-attributable costs of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and psychoactive medication to Belgian society in 2012. The cost-of-illness ...
Development and validation of a fast chromatographic method for screening andquantification of legal and illegal skin whitening agents Vrije Universiteit Brussel
tDuring the last years, the EU market is flooded by illegal cosmetics via the Internet and a so-called "blackmarket". Among these, skin-bleaching products represent an important group. They contain, according tothe current European cosmetic legislation (Directive 76/768/EEC), a number of illegal active substancesincluding hydroquinone, tretinoin and corticosteroids. These may provoke as well local as systemic toxiceffects, being the reason for ...
The legal frameworks that govern fetal surgery in the United Kingdom, European Union, and the United States KU Leuven
The specialty of fetal surgery or fetal intervention is one of the most exciting emerging fields of modern medicine. It is made possible by decades of major developments in antenatal imaging, obstetric anaesthesia, fetal medicine, paediatric surgery, and of course by the bold and novel practitioners willing to take new steps to advance the field. Beginning in the 1970s, it has now reached a stage of maturity where there are several established ...
Once Bitten, Less Shy? – The Impact of Legal Copying and Illegal Infringement on R&D Cooperation Universiteit Hasselt
In this article, we investigate whether a company’s experience with legal copying of its non-protected intellectual property (IP) and, contrasting, illegal infringement of its intellectual property rights (IPR) influences its decision to cooperate on R&D. We base our arguments on literature focusing on learning from failure and rare events and empirically test our hypotheses using data of the German Community Innovation Survey. We find that ...
Drivers of Legal and Illegal Solid Waste Disposal in the Global South - The Case of Households in Yaoundé (Cameroon) Journal of Environmental Management KU Leuven
Managing municipal solid waste is a challenge for many policy makers, but even more so in the Global South. Regulatory instruments are often limited, available resources are scarce and illegal waste disposal is an easy opt-out. We analyze a unique dataset regarding waste disposal choices by households in Yaoundé, Cameroon, including information on illegal waste dumping. Overall, households in Yaoundé seem to act predominantly as rational, ...
Blocking and Removing Illegal Content: Analysis from a Technical and Legal Perspective KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
In 2011, the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Combating the Sexual Abuse, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography was adopted, repealing and updating the 2004 Framework Decision on this topic. The much debated Article 25 of this proposal requires Member States to ensure the prompt removal of child pornography websites hosted in their territory and to endeavor to obtain the removal of such websites hosted ...