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“Legal highs” – drugs of the twenty-first century
Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, 2012 "Legal highs" is a term that embraces many compounds, including plant substances and synthetic derivatives. Trends in the use of traditional drugs of abuse by young people, are downward.
Magdalena Różyło +2 more
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Naphyrone: a “legal high” not legal any more
Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 2011 Naphyrone, also known as naphthylpyrovalerone and O-2482, is a cathinone derivative that has been recently advertized for purchase on a number of websites. Naphyrone belongs to a new class of "designer drugs" that has emerged on the drugs abuse market and has gained popularity as the new "legal high." Legal highs have been circulating for a number of ...
Vardakou, I. +4 more
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Acute Medicine Journal, 2015 Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), sometimes referred to as Legal Highs, are newly available drugs with psychoactive properties that are not currently prohibited by United Nations Drug Conventions. Despite many of these compounds still being ‘legal’ and readily available via online mail-order companies and high-street ‘headshops’, their rapid ...
Bhavini, Shah, Tom, Heaps
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Chemical analysis of substitute drugs of abuse – “legal highs” from Lubuskie province, Poland
Journal of Medical Science, 2014 Introduction. Interest in substitute drugs of abuse, commonly called “dopalacze” [literally “after-burns”] that is “legal highs”, in Poland and abuse of such products, which could pose a significant life hazard, led to legislative action taken by the ...
Kinga Mruczyk +4 more
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The dilemma of new psychoactive substances: A growing threat
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023 New psychoactive substances (NPS) pose a major public threat and are a growing problem worldwide. They were designed to replace banned or controlled drugs while escaping quality control measures.
Hawraa Sameer Sajwani
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Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, 2022 In recent years, new psychoactive substances (NPS) (”legal highs” or “designer drugs”) are increasing worldwide. An increase in NPS is a cause for concern for drug-regulatory authorities and health-care professionals as it poses a threat to public health.
Raka Jain, Kamini Verma
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QJM, 2010 We have already published a study on the availability of the new recreational drugs, the so called “legal highs”, on the internet.1 It was found that the majority of available products contained potentially dangerous compounds. The subject of legal highs whether purchased from head shops or by means of the internet has attracted much media attention ...
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‘Legal high’ associated Wallenberg syndrome [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2013 ‘Legal highs’ are substances of synthetic or natural origin having psychotropic properties. ‘Legal highs’ are often new and, in many cases, the actual chemical ingredients in a branded product can be changed without notifications and the risks are unpredictable.
Alok, Arora +2 more
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Designer Drugs: A Review of Literature Abdulsallam Bakdash
Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2015 A new phenomenon in the drug market has appeared in recent years: there has been an increase in the number and types of designer drugs. A massive influx of these structural and/or functional analogs of controlled substances has resulted in an increase in
Abdulsallam Bakdash
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„Dopalacze” – nieprzewidywalne narkotyki. Problem społeczno-prawny
Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2019 The aim of this article is to present the problem of new psychoactive substances – designer drugs. New drugs are undoubtedly a social and legal problem.
Sebastian Matyjek
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